The Brain and Its Self (eBook)

A Neurochemical Concept of the Innate and Acquired Drives

Joseph Knoll (Autor)

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2005 | 2005
XIII, 176 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-27434-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The main message of this monograph is that the appearance of the mammalian brain with the ability to acquire drives ensured the development of social life, and eventually led to the evolution of the human society. This most sophisticated form of organized life on earth is still in the trial and error phase of its development. It seeks to outgrow the myth-directed era of its history and come to its final state, the ration-directed human society.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Acknowledgements 7
Contents 8
Abbreviations 10
Introduction 11
1 Innate and Acquired Drives 20
2 The Conception thatWhatever Humans Achieved Derives from the Unrestricted Capacity of Their Brain to Acquire Drives 25
3 Enhancer Regulation: A Neurochemical Approach to the Innate and Acquired Drives 33
4 Approaching Old Problems From A New Angle 103
5 Theoretical Aspects of the Enhancer Regulation Approach 121
6 Conclusion 149
References 154
Index of Names 169
Index of Subjects 177

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.10.2005
• Zusatzinfo: XIII, 176 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: acquired drives • brain • enhancer regulation • enhancer substances • Evolution • Psychopharmacology • self
• ISBN-10: 3-540-27434-0 / 3540274340
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-27434-6 / 9783540274346