The mechanisms, development, and evolution Numan, Michael 1946- creator author. text bibliography nyu 2020 monographic eng

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xiv, 499 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm "The goal of The Parental Brain: Mechanisms, Development, and Evolution is to present a comprehensive, integrative, and multilevel analysis that examines how the brain regulates parental behavior in nonhuman animals and in humans, how these brain mechanisms develop, and how such development can go awry, leading to faulty parental behavior. Further, since maternal behavior is a defining characteristic of all mammals, the enduring mother-infant bond represents the most basic type of aid-giving social behavior. I will present evidence that the neural circuitry of the maternal brain has provided a foundation upon which natural selection could act in order to create other types of strong prosocial bonds in animals and humans when such enduring bonds have adaptive significance. A unique aspect of this book is the integration and comparison of animal and human research in order to create a complete understanding of the parental brain"-- Introduction: The Parental Brain --- Parental Behavior: Descriptions, Terms, and Definitions --- Hormonal Control of Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals --- Brain Mechanisms Regulating Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals: Oxytocin and Olfaction --- Central Neural Circuits Regulating Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals --- Anxiety Reduction and Maternal Aggression in Postpartum Nonhuman Mammals --- Alloparental Behavior and Paternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals --- The Parental Brain in Humans --- Development of the Parental Brain in Nonhuman Mammals --- Development of the Parental Brain in Humans --- Evolutionary Perspectives on the Parental Brain Michael Numan. Includes bibliographical references and index. Parenting psychology Maternal Behavior physiology Brain physiology Biological Evolution WS 105.5.C3 N635 2020 9780190848675 0190848677 2019052894 DLC 220831 20220831145119.0 9917769573406676 eng