Brain and culture : neurobiology, ideology, and social change /

"Brain and Culture reviews extensive neuroscience, psychological, social science, and historical research to offer a new view of the relationship between people and their environments. Our brains require sensory input from the environment to develop normally, and that input shapes the brain sys...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wexler, Bruce E.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Sujets:
Social change > Psychological aspects.
Culture > Psychological aspects.
Neurobiology > Social aspects.
Brain.
Manners and customs.
Neurobiology.
Social change.
Brain
Cultural Characteristics
Neurobiology
Social Change
Changement social > Aspect psychologique.
Culture > Aspect psychologique.
Neurobiologie > Aspect social.
Cerveau.
Mœurs et coutumes.
Neurobiologie.
Changement social.
brains.
customs (social concepts)
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology.
Culture.
Neurologie.
Social change
Manners and customs
Culture > Psychological aspects
Neurobiology > Social aspects
Social change > Psychological aspects
Hjärna.
Kultur > psykologiska aspekter.
Neurobiologi.
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • pt. 1. Background : some basic facts about the human brain.
  • Transgenerational shaping of human brain function
  • Effects of sensory deprivation and sensory enrichment of brain structure and function
  • Effects of the social environment on brain structure and function
  • pt. 2. The neurobiology of ideology.
  • Self-preservation and the difficulty of change in adulthood
  • The meeting of cultures
  • Epilogue.

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