The Nature of Fear /

A leading expert in animal behavior takes us into the wild to better understand and manage our fears.Fear, honed by millions of years of natural selection, kept our ancestors alive. Whether by slithering away, curling up in a ball, or standing still in the presence of a predator, humans and other an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blumstein, Daniel T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Emotions and cognition.
Fear in animals.
Fear.
Intuition.
Fear
Émotions et cognition.
Peur.
fear.
intuition.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior).
Emotions and cognition
Fear in animals
Intuition
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • 1 A Sophisticated Neurochemical Cocktail
  • 2 Beware of Looming Objects
  • 3 Noise Matters
  • 4 Smells Risky to Me
  • 5 Be Very Aware
  • 6 Economic Logic
  • 7 Once Bitten, Twice Shy
  • 8 Listening to Signalers
  • 9 Cascading Effects
  • 10 Minimizing Costs
  • 11 Our Inner Marmot
  • 12 Wisely Living with Fear
  • Further Reading
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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