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Hormones, Sex, and Society The Science of Physicology

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By Helmuth Nyborg

Foreword by Bruce S. McEwen

ISBN: 0-275-94608-8

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94608-1

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256 pages, figures, tables

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 10/30/1994

List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence

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...well written, reads easily, and is very convincing....this is an important contribution to psychology and neuroscience.
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Institute of Psychiatry

Description: Nyborg sets out to prove that classic ideas of the mind, learning, and memory must be re-examined through the lens of modern biology. Neuroscience and the biological and biomedical sciences have advanced far beyond the limits of 19th century neuroanatomy, and we now know that chemical neurotransmitters and circulating hormones act to alter electrical brain activity and structure. At the same time heredity is now recognized to be not as omnipotent as in the "Nature/Nurture" debate of the last century. Nyborg examines these issues, and he shows that recent research in the molecular and brain sciences makes it possible to develop alternative research programs that apply empirical, quantitative, natural science principles and methods in order to unravel intricate problems like human nature and society. He concludes this work with a new approach--Physicology--the study of physico-chemical processes behind body, brain, behavior, and society. This book will be of great interest to behavioral scientists, and all concerned with the impact of physico-chemical processes on the changes in ourselves and our societies.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
General introduction
Mentalistic Approaches to Human Nature and Society
The Physicological Research Program
The Physicological Analysis of Sexual Differentiation (SD)
Intrasystemic Hormone Effects
Evolution and Ultimate Causes of SD
The Proximate Cause of Sexual Differentiation
Permanent Organizational Effects of Sex Hormones
Transient Effects of Sex Hormones
Conversion of One Sex Hormone into Another
Intermediate Brain Estradiol Concentrations
Sex Hormones as Harmonizers of Body, Brain, and Behavioral Development
Origin of Sexual Differentiation of the Fetus
Cerebral E2 and SD of the Brain
Universal Economy and Fixed Budgets
Sex Hormones and Individual Variability
Epilogue
Bibliography

LC Card Number: 94-8640

LCC Class: QP356

Dewey Class: 612.6


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