Testosterone lies at the heart of maleness, and is involved in aggression, competitiveness, and risk-taking -- all essential in our evolution. Joe Herbert describes the fascinating insights revealed by modern research into this primeval power that shaped our history and lurks below the veneer of our civilized modern world.
Testosterone lies at the heart of maleness, and is involved in aggression, competitiveness, and risk-taking -- all essential in our evolution. Joe Herbert describes the fascinating insights revealed by modern research into this primeval power that shaped our history and lurks below the veneer of our civilized modern world.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Joe Herbert is Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience, Cambridge University and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. His areas of expertise include the role of hormones in the ability of the adult brain to make new nerve cells (neurons) and repair the brain; how hormones regulate behavior; the neuroscience of stress; how hormones, genes and the social and psychological environment interact to promote the risk for depression; and studies on the way that hormones and genes influence financial decision-making. He has authored (and co-authored) around 250 scientific papers on these topics, and is the author of The Minder Brain: How your brain keeps you alive, protects you from danger, and ensures that you reproduce (World Scientific Press, 2007).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1: Testosterone and Human Evolution 2: What is Testosterone? 3: Testosterone Makyth Man 4: Testosterone and Sex 5: Testosterone and Aggression 6: Controlling Testosterone 7: Winning, Losing, and Making Money 8: Testosterone and War 9: Testosterone in Women 10: Testosterone and the Brain Notes Index
Preface 1: Testosterone and Human Evolution 2: What is Testosterone? 3: Testosterone Makyth Man 4: Testosterone and Sex 5: Testosterone and Aggression 6: Controlling Testosterone 7: Winning, Losing, and Making Money 8: Testosterone and War 9: Testosterone in Women 10: Testosterone and the Brain Notes Index
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