Brain and Culture Neurobiology, Ideology, and Social Change

Name: Brain and Culture Neurobiology, Ideology, and Social Change
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ISBN: 9780262731935

ISBN-10: 0262731932

ISBN-13: 9780262731935

Edition: 2006

Authors: Bruce E. Wexler

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Research shows that between birth and early adulthood the brain requires sensory stimulation to develop physically. The nature of the stimulation shapes the connections among neurons that create the neuronal networks necessary for thought and behavior. By changing the cultural environment, each generation shapes the brains of the next. By early adulthood, the neuroplasticity of the brain is greatly reduced, and this leads to a fundamental shift in the relationship between the individual and the environment: during the first part of life, the brain and mind shape themselves to the major recurring features of their environment; by early adulthood, the individual attempts to make the…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.51" wide x 7.95" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Bruce E. Wexler is Professor of Psychiatry at Yale Medical School and Director of the Neurocognitive Research Laboratory at the Connecticut Mental Health Center.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Background: Some Basic Facts about the Human Brain



Transgenerational Shaping of Human Brain Function



Effects of Sensory Deprivation and Sensory Enichment on Brain Structure and Function



Effects of the Social Environment on Brain Structure and Function



The Neurobiology of Ideology



Self-Preservation and the Difficulty of Change in Adulthood



The Meeting of Cultures


References


Index