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1 online resource (ix, 438 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
On the encultured brain: Encultured brain : development, case studies, and methods / Daniel H. Lende, Greg Downey. Neuroanthropology and the encultured brain / Greg Downey, Daniel H. Lende. Primate social cognition, human evolution, and niche construction : a core context for neuroanthropology / Katherine C. MacKinnon, Agustin Fuentes. Evolution and the brain / Greg Downey, Daniel H. Lende -- Case studies on human capacities, skills, and variation: Memory and medicine / M. Cameron Hay. Balancing between cultures : equilibrium in capoeira / Greg Downey. From habits of doing to habits of feeling : skill acquisition in taijutsu practice / Katja Pettinen. Holistic humor : coping with breast cancer / Kathryn Bouskill. Embodiment and male vitality in subsistence societies / Benjamin Campbell -- Case studies on human problems, pathologies, and variation: War and dislocation : a nueroanthropological model of trauma among American veterans with combat PTSD / Erin P. Finley. Autism as a case for neuroanthropology : delineating the role of theory of mind in religious development / Rachel S. Brezis. Collective excitement and lapse in agency : fostering an appetite for cigarettes / Peter G. Stromberg. Addiction and neuroanthropology / Daniel H. Lende. Cultural consonance, consciousness, and depression : genetic moderating effects on the psychological mediators of culture / William W. Dressler, Mauro C. Balieiro, José Ernesto dos Santos -- Conclusion: Encultured brain: toward the future / Daniel H. Lende, Greg Downey. |
Summary |
Basic concepts and case studies from an emerging field that investigates human capacities and pathologies at the intersection of brain and culture. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Neuroanthropology.
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Neuroanthropology. |
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Anthropology.
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Anthropology. |
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Neurosciences.
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Neurosciences. |
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Health -- Social aspects.
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Health -- Social aspects. |
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Mental health -- Social aspects.
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Mental health -- Social aspects. |
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Mental health. |
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Medicine -- Humor.
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Medicine. |
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Humor.
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Mental Processes -- physiology. |
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Brain. |
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Culture. |
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Electronic books.
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Humor.
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Added Author |
Lende, Daniel H., 1969-
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Downey, Greg.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Encultured brain. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012 9780262017787 (DLC) 2011052298 (OCoLC)778988021 |
ISBN |
9780262305679 (electronic book) |
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0262305674 (electronic book) |
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1283587211 |
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9781283587211 |
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9780262017787 |
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0262017784 |
Standard No. |
9786613899668 |
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