Endocrinology of Social Relationships
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (608 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674031172 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Great survey of the effect of hormones on human behavior Edited by two biological anthropologists, Endocrinology of Social Relationships is a wonderfully thoughtful survey on the effect of hormones on human social behavior, including a critical detour into the effect of hormones on non-human social behavior.With chapters authored by such influential scientists as Kim Wallen, John Wingfield, Hillard Kaplan, and Sue Carter, ESR applies evolutionary theory and behavioral neuroendocrinology to human social relationships, in particular mating
Ellison is John Cowles Professor of Anthropology and Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.Peter B. Gray is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Peter T.
As the editors point out, we are all being exposed, like it or not, to hormones in the environment and to ads full of claims about the benefits of administering hormones. Given that some developments within this area have been recent, the book represents a formidable effort to collect the modern work into one volume, and as a result, it will serve as a "go-to" text for many years. We need to understand how such hormones might (or might not) be affecting social relationships. Will spraying on some oxytocin make your colleagues like you? Probably not, but reading Endocrinology of Social Relationships produced warm feelings about the ability of good science to
The contributors, senior scholars and rising scientists whose work is shaping the field, go beyond the proximate mechanics of neuroendocrine physiology to integrate behavioral endocrinology with areas such as reproductive ecology and life history theory. What this book considers is the increasing evidence that hormones are just as important to social behavior. But in these relationships, so critical to our well-being, might we also detect the workings, even directives, of biology? This book, a rare melding of human and animal research and theoretical and empirical science, ventures into the most interesting realms of behavioral biology to examine the intimate role of endocrinology in social relationships.The importance of hormones to