{"product_id":"the-nature-of-the-beast-how-emotions-guide-us-hardcover","title":"The Nature of the Beast: How Emotions Guide Us - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid J. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA pioneering neuroscientist offers a new way of understanding how emotions drive behavior\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoes your dog get sad when you leave for the day? Does your cat purr because she loves you? Do bears attack when they're angry? You can't very well ask them. In fact, scientists haven't been able to reach a consensus on whether animals even have emotions like humans do, let alone how to study them. Yet studies of animal emotion are critical for understanding human emotion and mental illness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, pioneering neuroscientist David J. Anderson describes a new approach to solving this problem. He and his colleagues have figured out how to study the brain activity of animals as they navigate real-life scenarios, like fleeing a predator or competing for a mate. His research has revolutionized what we know about animal fear and aggression. Here, he explains what studying emotions and related internal brain states in animals can teach us about human behavior, offering new insights into why isolation makes us more aggressive, how sex and violence connect, and whether there's a link between aggression and mental illness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of fascinating stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e reconceptualizes how the brain regulates emotions-and explains why we have them at all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid J. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology and Director of the TianQiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience at Caltech, where he studies the neurobiology of emotion. Anderson is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and founding advisor of the Allen Institute for Brain Research. He is a recipient of the Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize and the Edward M. Skolnick Prize in Neuroscience, and a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Anderson has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared on \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e, and his TED talk on emotion has been viewed more than 1.5 million times. He lives in Pasadena, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767294525728,"sku":"9781541674639","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/86bf89d96b45f503b253293c5e130e1b.webp?v=1780308446","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-nature-of-the-beast-how-emotions-guide-us-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}