Author : Randy Joe Nelson
Publisher : Sinauer Associates Incorporated
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 36,81 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780878936175
The Third Edition of An Introduction to Behavioral Endocrinology retains all the features of the bestselling prior editions, and provides an updated, integrated presentation of the study of hormone- behaviour interactions.
Author : Jill B. Becker
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 27,46 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780262523219
The second edition of a popular introduction to the field of behavioral endocrinology.
Author : Richard E. Brown
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 23,43 MB
Release : 1994-01-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521426657
This book is designed as an introductory text in neuroendocrinology; the study of the interaction between the brain and endocrine system and the influence of this on behaviour. The endocrine glands, pituitary gland and hypothalamus and their interactions and hormones are discussed. The action of steroid and thyroid hormone receptors and the regulation of target cell response to hormones is examined. The function of neuropeptides is discussed with respect to the neuroendocrine system and behaviour. The neuroimmune system and lymphokines are described and the interaction between the neuroendocrine and neuroimmune systems discussed. Finally, methods for studying hormonal influences on behaviour are outlined. Each chapter has review and essay questions designed for advanced students and honours or graduate students with a background in neuroscience, respectively.
Author : Nick Neave
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 14,89 MB
Release : 2007-12-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1139468162
Recent advances in non-invasive sampling techniques have led to an increase in the study of hormones and behaviour. Behaviour is complex but can be explained to a large degree by interactions between various psychological and physiological components, such as the interplay between hormonal and psychological systems. This new textbook from Nick Neave offers a detailed introduction to the fascinating science of behavioural endocrinology from a psychological perspective, examining the relationships between hormones and behaviour in both humans and animals. Neave explains the endocrine system and the ways in which hormones can influence brain structure and function, and presents a series of examples to demonstrate how hormones can influence specific behaviours, including sexual determination and differentiation, neurological differentiation, parental behaviours, aggressive behaviours and cognition. This introductory textbook will appeal to second and third year social science undergraduate students in psychology and biomedicine.
Author : Elizabeth Adkins-Regan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,81 MB
Release : 2005-08-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780691092478
This book is a graduate level guide to the intersection between animal social behaviour and behavioural endocrinology. The fascinating connections between steroids, peptides and social behaviour are explored through an integrative and comparative approach combining various methods.
Author : Christina A. Roberto
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,80 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 019939833X
Behavioral economics has potential to offer novel solutions to some of today's most pressing public health problems: How do we persuade people to eat healthy and lose weight? How can health professionals communicate health risks in a way that is heeded? How can food labeling be modified to inform healthy food choices? Behavioral Economics and Public Health is the first book to apply the groundbreaking insights of behavioral economics to the persisting problems of health behaviors and behavior change. In addition to providing a primer on the behavioral economics principles that are most relevant to public health, this book offers details on how these principles can be employed to mitigating the world's greatest health threats, including obesity, smoking, risky sexual behavior, and excessive drinking. With contributions from an international team of scholars from psychology, economics, marketing, public health, and medicine, this book is a trailblazing new approach to the most difficult and important problems of our time.
Author : David L. Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 36,82 MB
Release : 2005-09-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521840507
New edition building on the success of previous one. Retains core aim of providing an accessible introduction to behavioral neuroanatomy.
Author : Peter T. Ellison
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 2009-02-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780674031173
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.
Author : Karen Bales
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 10,40 MB
Release : 2021-01-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781793534507
An Introduction to Hormones and Behavior explores the ways in which hormones modulate behavior and vice versa. The volume focuses on the key principles of the topic and features original readings from classic studies, as well as more recent research, to provide students with a holistic understanding of the interplay of hormones and behavior. The text begins with a chapter dedicated to endocrine principles and methods, then advances to discuss sexual differentiation, sex differences, and development. Later chapters address the distinctive characteristics and differences between male and female reproduction, as well as male and female parental behaviors. In the closing chapters, students learn about social behavior, stress, and how hormones influence human behavior. Each chapter features prewriting exercises, an introduction to provide context and background information, select readings, and critical thinking questions. The revised first edition includes two new readings, "Testosterone and Cortisol Release among Spanish Soccer Fans Watching the 2010 World Cup Final" and "Hormones and Sleep." An Introduction to Hormones and Behavior is an excellent resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in hormones and behavior, behavioral endocrinology, and physiological psychology.
Author : Robert Aunger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 42,82 MB
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0197532640
Many of us would like to change one or more of our own behaviors, or those of others. Governments and public health officials frequently initiate programs to promote behavior change on a broad scale. But behavior change is difficult, and success frequently eludes us. Reset: An Introduction to Behavior Centered Design presents a new framework for achieving behavior change that draws on recent advances in neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and ecological psychology. Behavior Centered Design provides a behavioral model derived from reinforcement learning theory, develops a fundamental taxonomy of needs based in evolutionary biology, shows how the disruption of behavior settings is key, and lays out the steps involved in programming for behavior change. Part 1 of Reset begins with an in-depth presentation of the theory behind the model - such as how BCD conceptualizes behavior change - and emphasizes the key principles of surprise, revaluation, and performance. Part 2 is a step-by-step manual for conceiving, creating, implementing, and evaluating a behavior change program. Numerous real-life examples are provided, as well as additional resources to support mastery of the BCD approach. Applied successfully to a range of public health behaviors as well as in commercial product design and marketing, the BCD approach encourages behavior change practitioners to think differently about behavior - both in understanding how and why it is produced, and in how to design programs to change it.
