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Adaptation and well-being : social allostasis /
"Recently, an interest in our understanding of well-being within the context of competition and cooperation has re-emerged within the biological and neural sciences. Given that we are social animals, our well-being is tightly linked to interactions with others. Pro-social behavior establishes a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Recently, an interest in our understanding of well-being within the context of competition and cooperation has re-emerged within the biological and neural sciences. Given that we are social animals, our well-being is tightly linked to interactions with others. Pro-social behavior establishes and sustains human contact, contributing to well-being. Adaptation and Well-Being is about the evolution and biological importance of social contact. Social sensibility is an essential feature of our central nervous systems, and what have evolved are elaborate behavioral ways in which to sustain and maintain the physiological and endocrine systems that underlie behavioral adaptations. Writing for his fellow academics, and with chapters on evolutionary aspects, chemical messengers and social neuroendocrinology among others, Jay Schulkin explores this fascinating field of behavioral neuroscience"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 204 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139077217 113907721X 9781139079488 1139079484 9780511973666 0511973667 1107215579 9781107215573 1139062786 9781139062787 1283112973 9781283112970 9786613112972 6613112976 1139074954 9781139074957 1139069187 9781139069182 1139081764 9781139081764 |