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The Encultured Brain : An Introduction to Neuroanthropology /

Basic concepts and case studies from an emerging field that investigates human capacities and pathologies at the intersection of brain and culture.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Downey, Greg, Lende, Daniel H., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • On the encultured brain: The encultured brain : development, case studies, and methods / Daniel H. Lende, Greg Downey. Neuroanthropology and the encultured brain / Greg Downey, Daniel H. Lende. Primate social cognition, human evolution, and niche construction : a core context for neuroanthropology / Katherine C. MacKinnon, Agustin Fuentes. Evolution and the brain / Greg Downey, Daniel H. Lende
  • Case studies on human capacities, skills, and variation: Memory and medicine / M. Cameron Hay. Balancing between cultures : equilibrium in capoeira / Greg Downey. From habits of doing to habits of feeling : skill acquisition in taijutsu practice / Katja Pettinen. Holistic humor : coping with breast cancer / Kathryn Bouskill. Embodiment and male vitality in subsistence societies / Benjamin Campbell
  • Case studies on human problems, pathologies, and variation: War and dislocation : a nueroanthropological model of trauma among American veterans with combat PTSD / Erin P. Finley. Autism as a case for neuroanthropology : delineating the role of theory of mind in religious development / Rachel S. Brezis. Collective excitement and lapse in agency : fostering an appetite for cigarettes / Peter G. Stromberg. Addiction and neuroanthropology / Daniel H. Lende. Cultural consonance, consciousness, and depression : genetic moderating effects on the psychological mediators of culture / William W. Dressler, Mauro C. Balieiro, Jose Ernesto dos Santos
  • Conclusion: The encultured brain: toward the future / Daniel H. Lende, Greg Downey.