Neurobiology of Social Behavior: Toward an Understanding of the Prosocial and Antisocial Brain - Hardcover

Numan, Michael

9780124160408: Neurobiology of Social Behavior: Toward an Understanding of the Prosocial and Antisocial Brain

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124160409 ISBN 13: 9780124160408

Publisher: Academic Press, 2014

Social neuroscience is a rapidly growing, interdisciplinary field which is devoted to understanding how social behavior is regulated by the brain, and how such behaviors in turn influence brain and biology. Existing volumes either fail to take a neurobiological approach or focus on one particular type of behavior, so the field is ripe for a comprehensive reference which draws cross-behavioral conclusions. This authored work will serve as the market’s most comprehensive reference on the neurobiology of social behavior.

The volume will offer an introduction to neural systems and genetics/epigenetics, followed by detailed study of a wide range of behaviors – aggression, sex and sexual differentiation, mating, parenting, social attachments, monogamy, empathy, cooperation, and altruism. Research findings on the neural basis of social behavior will be integrated across different levels of analysis, from molecular neurobiology to neural systems/behavioral neuroscience to fMRI imaging data on human social behavior. Chapters will cover research on both normal and abnormal behaviors, as well as developmental aspects.

2016 PROSE Category winner - Honorable Mention for Biomedicine and Neuroscience
Presents neurobiological analysis of the full spectrum of social behaviors, while other volumes focus on one particular behavior
Integrates and discusses research from different levels of analysis, including molecular/genetic, neural circuits and systems, and fMRI imaging research
Covers both normal and abnormal behaviors
Covers aggression, sex and sexual differentiation, mating, parenting, social attachments, empathy, cooperation, and altruism

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Review:

Must-have review of the neurobiological mechanisms behind social behaviors, and how they increase understanding of the causes of abnormal behaviors

About the Author:

Michael Numan received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Most of his research, which focuses on the neural mechanisms regulating maternal behavior, was conducted while he was a Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience at Boston College. He is the author of a previous book, with Thomas Insel, The Neurobiology of Parental Behavior. He lives with his wife, Marilyn, in the Santa Fe-Albuquerque region of New Mexico.

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