The other side of normal : how biology is providing the clues to unlock the secrets of normal and abnormal behavior / Jordan Smoller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : William Morrow, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780061492198
  • 0061492191
  • 9780061492204
  • 0061492205
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 591.5 23
LOC classification:
  • QH457 .S66 2012
NLM classification:
  • 2012 E-489
  • QU 450
Online resources:
Contents:
"We're all mad here" -- How genes tune the brain : the biology of temperament -- Blind cats and baby Einsteins : the biology of nurture -- Dogs, poker, and autism : the biology of mind reading -- "Sole mates" : the biology of attachment and trust -- The brain of the beholder : beauty and sexual attraction -- Remembering to forget -- The new normal.
Summary: "Brilliant Harvard psychiatrist Jordan Smoller reveals the hidden side of our everyday behaviors and addresses one of society's most enduring questions: What do we mean by "normal?" And what does this tell us about "abnormal?""-- Provided by publisher.
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"Brilliant Harvard psychiatrist Jordan Smoller reveals the hidden side of our everyday behaviors and addresses one of society's most enduring questions: What do we mean by "normal?" And what does this tell us about "abnormal?""-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"We're all mad here" -- How genes tune the brain : the biology of temperament -- Blind cats and baby Einsteins : the biology of nurture -- Dogs, poker, and autism : the biology of mind reading -- "Sole mates" : the biology of attachment and trust -- The brain of the beholder : beauty and sexual attraction -- Remembering to forget -- The new normal.

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