| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 438 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
On the encultured brain: The 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: The 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 |
| Analysis |
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General |
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SOCIAL SCIENCES/Anthropology & Archaeology |
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COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Neuroanthropology.
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Anthropology.
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Neurosciences.
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Health -- Social aspects
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Mental health -- Social aspects
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Medicine -- Humor.
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Culture.
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Brain.
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Mental Processes -- physiology
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Culture
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Brain
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Anthropology
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Neurosciences
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anthropology.
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culture note.
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brains.
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culture (concept)
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MEDICAL -- Neuroscience.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
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Culture
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Brain
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Anthropology
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Health -- Social aspects
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Medicine
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Mental health -- Social aspects
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Neuroanthropology
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Neurosciences
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humor.
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Humor
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Humor.
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Humour.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lende, Daniel H., 1969-
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Downey, Greg.
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| LC no. |
2011052298 |
| ISBN |
9780262305679 |
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0262305674 |
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1283587211 |
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9781283587211 |
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9786613899668 |
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6613899666 |
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0262304740 |
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9780262304740 |
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