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The Biology of Emotions

Jean-Didier Vincent

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What is love? Can we explain Romeo's love for Juliet? What are desire, pleasure, sadness and the taste for power and domination? In short, how do we make sense of our passions? Going beyond the traditional dichotomy of body and soul, of the reasonable brain and the passionate body, Jean-Didier Vincent proposes a new theory of emotions which aims to harmonize our understanding of humankind. Not that he reduces love to an equation. On the contrary, he aims to show what love and beauty mean in a book whose humour is paralleled by its serious intellectual endeavour.

Biology of Schizophrenia and Affective Disease

N. Y.) Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease. Meeting (73rd : 1993 : New York

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The Decade of the Brain has brought with it many advances in our understanding of the biology of major mental disorders. Biology of Schizophrenia and Affective Disease provides a state-of-the-art look at the biological bases of severe mental illness from the perspective of the researchers making these exceptional discoveries. In 17 chapters, some of the best investigators in the field furnish overviews of their ground-breaking findings and set course for future research efforts. From the biology of stress to excitotoxicity in the development of corticolimbic alterations in the schizophrenic brain, this outstanding reference tool explores the explosive progress in the fields of biochemistry, molecular genetics, neuroscience, and brain circuit anatomy and the resultant advances in nearly every aspect of the biology of the brain and mental illness. Dissolution of cerebral cortical mechanisms in patients with schizophrenia, linkage and molecular genetics in infantile autism, and postmortem studies of suicide victims and schizophrenic patients are among the topics covered. The book also discusses treatment issues, including the mechanisms of action of antidepressants and atypical antipsychotic drugs. Practitioners and students will find this volume an invaluable reference tool for understanding the mechanisms of normal and pathological brain function and potential areas for further insight into the biological bases of mental illness.

Biology of Suicide

Ronald W. Maris

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Brain and Behavior in Child Psychiatry

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Current Research in Biopsychology

John P. J. Pinel

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Depression: A Psychobiological Synthesis

Paul Willner

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Design for a Life: How Behavior and Personality Develop

Patrick Bateson

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The age-old controversy over where human behavior comes from has heated up in -- recent years as a result of major breakthroughs in genetics. Explanations in terms of genes for particular characteristics have seemingly supplanted those from psychology in the understanding of behavior. Design for a Life explains, with liveliness and lucidity, how humans develop from fertilized eggs into unique adults who function within complex social communities. Authors Bateson and Martin argue that genetics alone does not determine personality and behavioral characteristics and that all of us are capable of profound change even into old age. They synthesize the biological and psychological perspectives by using concrete examples from recent scientific advances, as well as the wisdom of poets and novelists, to show how our behavior arises and changes throughout our lives. Design for a Life will bring readers genuine insight into some of humanity's most important questions, such as why we are so different from one another and how much of our behavior is a matter of rational thought and conscious choice. Readers of E. O. Wilson, Richard Dawkins, Jonathan Weiner, and Steven Pinker will find this book entertaining and informative.

Developmental Neuropsychobiology (Behavioral Biology, An International Series)

William T. Greenough

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Developmental Psychobiology (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)

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This volume on developmental psychobiology is the result of the City University of New York-Hunter Symposium series, Spring, 1990. It covers such topics as feeding; sources of behavioural and physiologic regulations; and early developmental contributors to speech and song in man and bird.

Developmental Psychobiology (Handbooks of Behavioral Neurobiology)

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In this thoughtfully edited volume, E. Blass has compiled a broad range of factual and thought-provoking articles that give the reader a superb overview of recent advances in developmental psychobiology. The editor has succeeded admirably in covering topics that range from the basic biological foundations of development (genetics, endocrinology, neurobiology, etc.) through human social behavior. A special feature of this volume is that animal and human studies are combined that illustrate how important principles of behavioral development can be found in an often confusing maze of specialized literature. This book is not just for experts in the field but will prove valuable, as well as interesting, for workers in diverse fields of biology, medicine, psychology, education, and clinical practice. Specialized terms and concepts are defined clearly, and illustrated with concrete examples from cutting edge research. The volume, while expensive, is beautifully produced. By extracting present themes and pointing skillfully toward the future, Blass's volume promises to remain on of the major texts in this exciting field for many years to come.

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This volume delves into the mechanisms and early principles of developmental psychobiology, neurobiology, and behavioral ecology. It reflects the three mainstreams of the discipline of proximal and biographical influences: neural mediation; development and flexibility and functionally significant changes that occur in the habitats of many species; as well as how connections have been forged among the disciplines.