The Integrative Neurobiology of Affiliation (Bradford Books) [Paperback]

C. Sue Carter (Editor), I. Izja Lederhendler (Editor), Brian Kirkpatrick (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0262531585 | ISBN-13: 978-0262531580 | Publication Date: January 8, 1999

This book examines the biological, especially the neural, substrates of affiliation and related social behaviors. Affiliation refers to social behaviors that bring individuals closer together. This includes such associations as attachment, parent-offspring interactions, pair-bonding, and the building of coalitions. Affiliations provide a social matrix within which other behaviors, including reproduction and aggression, may occur. While reproduction and aggression also reduce the distance between individuals, their expression is regulated in part by the positive social fabric of affiliative behavior.Until recently, researchers have paid little attention to the regulatory physiology and neural processes that subserve affiliative behaviors. The integrative approach in this book reflects the constructive interactions between those who study behavior in the context of natural history and evolution and those who study the nervous system.The book contains the partial proceedings of a conference of the same title held in Washington, DC, in 1996. The full proceedings was published as part of the Annals of the York Academy of Sciences.

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About the Author

C. Sue Carter is Professor of Psychiatry and Codirector of the Brain Body Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: A Bradford Book (January 8, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262531585
• ISBN-13: 978-0262531580
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #557,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)