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The Palgrave Handbook of Biology and Society
This comprehensive handbook synthesizes the often-fractured relationship between the study of biology and the study of society. Bringing together a compelling array of interdisciplinary contributions, the authors demonstrate how nuanced attention to both the biological and social sciences opens up novel perspectives upon some of the most significant sociological, anthropological, philosophical and biological questions of our era. The six sections cover topics ranging from genomics and epigenetics, to neuroscience and psychology to social epidemiology and medicine. The authors collaboratively present state-of-the-art research and perspectives in some of the most intriguing areas of what can b...
Pathways to Peace
Experts investigate the role of child development in promoting a culture of peace, reporting on research in biology, neuroscience, genetics, and psychology. Can more peaceful childhoods promote a culture of peace? Increasing evidence from a broad range of disciplines shows that how we raise our children affects the propensity for conflict and the potential for peace within a given community. In this book, experts from a range of disciplines examine the biological and social underpinnings of child development and the importance of strengthening families to build harmonious and equitable relations across generations. They explore the relevance to the pursuit of peace in the world, highlight di...
Social Hormones and Human Behavior: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here
Oxytocin (OT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) are the paramount social hormones in mammals and accumulating evidence also strengthens the unique role of these neuropeptides also in human social behavior. Indeed from voles to humans, OT and AVP modulate an intriguing number of social behaviors resonating across species such as the quality of pair bonding, parenting, modulations of social stress, in-group & out-group relationships and social communications. Recent molecular genetic studies of the oxytocin (OXTR), arginine vasopressin 1a (AVPR1a) and arginine vasopressin 1b (AVPR1b) receptors have strengthened the role of these two neuropeptides in a range of normal and pathological human behavi...
The Cambridge Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience
Neuroscientific research on emotion has developed dramatically over the past decade. The cognitive neuroscience of human emotion, which has emerged as the new and thriving area of 'affective neuroscience', is rapidly rendering existing overviews of the field obsolete. This handbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative survey of knowledge and topics investigated in this cutting-edge field. It covers a range of topics, from face and voice perception to pain and music, as well as social behaviors and decision making. The book considers and interrogates multiple research methods, among them brain imaging and physiology measurements, as well as methods used to evaluate behavior and genetics. Editors Jorge Armony and Patrik Vuilleumier have enlisted well-known and active researchers from more than twenty institutions across three continents, bringing geographic as well as methodological breadth to the collection. This timely volume will become a key reference work for researchers and students in the growing field of neuroscience.
Brain Asymmetry of Structure and/or Function
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Brain Asymmetry of Structure and/or Function" that was published in Symmetry
Deprivation-Specific Psychological Patterns
Abstract -- Investigating the impact of early institutional deprivation on development: background and research strategy of the English and Romanian Adoptees (ERA) study / Michael Rutter, Edmund J. Sonuga-Barke, and Jennifer Castle -- Methods and measures used for follow-up at 15 years of the English and Romanian Adoptee (ERA) study / English and Romanian study team -- Deprivation-specific psychological patterns / Robert Kumsta ... [et al.] -- Developmental course of deprivation-specific psychological patterns: early manifestations, persistence to age 15, and clinical features / Jana Kreppner ... [et al.] -- Differentiating developmental trajectories for conduct, emotion, and peer problems f...
Relationship Processes and Resilience in Children with Incarcerated Parents
Children with incarcerated parents are at risk for a variety of problematic outcomes, yet research has rarely examined protective factors or resilience processes that might mitigate such risk in this population. In this volume, we present findings from fi ve new studies that focus on child- or family-level resilience processes in children with parents currently or recently incarcerated in jail or prison. In the fi rst study, empathic responding is examined as a protective factor against aggressive peer relations for 210 elementary school age children of incarcerated parents. The second study further examines socially aggressive behaviors with peers, with a focus on teasing and bullying, in a...
Emotions are a Window Into One's Heart
The authors conducted a qualitative study to explore parental beliefs about emotions in the family across three cultures: African American, European American, and Lumbee American Indian. Twelve focus groups were conducted with 87 parents from these 3 cultural groups. The purpose of the Monograph is to understand both parents' beliefs and how cultural or ethnic background may influence those beliefs.
How Socialization Happens on the Ground
This monograph investigates personal storytelling as a medium of socialization in Taiwanese families in Taipei and European-American families in Longwood, Chicago. The findings open a window on how socialization operates on the ground: Socialization through personal storytelling is a highly dynamic process in which redundancy and variation are conjoined and children participate as active, creative, affectively engaged meaning makers.
Children Without Permanent Parents
This monograph reviews the research, practice, and policy literatures pertaining to children without permanent parents, most of whom spend their early months or years in institutions. Institutionalized children are typically more than a standard deviation below noninstitutionalized children in general physical and behavioral/cognitive development. Although they display marked catch-up growth after transitioning to adoptive or foster families, some deficiencies persist."--Abstract.
