Governing Behavior : How Nerve Cell Dictatorships and Democracies Control Everything We Do /
From simple reflexes to complex movements, all animal behavior is governed by a nervous system. But what kind of government is it-a dictatorship or a democracy? Ari Berkowitz explains the variety of structures and strategies that control behavior, while providing an overview of thought-provoking deb...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2016]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. How to Spy on the Government
- 2. Isn't Th ere an Easier Way?
- 3. Neuronal Dictatorships
- 4. Neuronal Democracies
- 5. How Are the Factories Run?
- 6. The Plot (and the Chemical Soup) Thickens
- 7. Government Surveillance
- 8. Government Self-Monitoring
- 9. Becoming a Political Animal
- 10. Governing Behavior
- Notes
- Credits
- Acknowledgments
- Index