Donald W Pfaff (PhD, PhD, The Rockefeller University, New York)

The Altruistic Brain

How We Are Naturally Good

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Altruistic Brain uses language accessible to non-scientists so as to present an elegant theory of how human beings are "wired" to produce altruistic behavior in the first instance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 143mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780199377466
• ISBN-10: 0199377464
• Artikelnr.: 47869066

Autorenporträt

Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University New York, New York

Inhaltsangabe

* PART 1 - EVIDENCE FOR ALTRUISTIC BRAIN THEORY
* Chapter 1 - The Biological/Evolutionary Role of Altruism
* Chapter 2 - Altruistic Brain Theory Introduced
* Chapter 3 - Primary Neuroscience Research Underlying Each Step of
Altruistic Brain Theory
* Chapter 4 - Neural and Hormonal Mechanisms that Promote Prosocial
Behaviors Once the Moral Decision is Made
* Chapter 5 - New Neuroscience Research: the Theory's Link to An
Ethical Universal
* PART 2 - IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF THE MORAL BRAIN - REMOVING
OBSTACLES TO GOOD BEHAVIOR
* Chapter 6 - How Altruistic Brain Theory Changes Our Perceptions of
Ourselves and of Altruism
* Chapter 7 - Why the Altruistic Brain Matters: Its Significance to
Addressing Individuals' Bad Behavior
* Chapter 8 - Multiplier Effect: from Bad to Worse in a Social Setting
* Chapter 9 - No Easy Answers . . . But No Pessimism Either