Governing Behavior : : How Nerve Cell Dictatorships and Democracies Control Everything We Do / / Ari Berkowitz.
From simple reflexes to complex movements, all animal behavior is governed by a nervous system. But what kind of government is it-a dictatorship or a democracy? Ari Berkowitz explains the variety of structures and strategies that control behavior, while providing an overview of thought-provoking deb...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 9 color illustrations, 21 halftones, 18 line illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. How to Spy on the Government
- 2. Isn't Th ere an Easier Way?
- 3. Neuronal Dictatorships
- 4. Neuronal Democracies
- 5. How Are the Factories Run?
- 6. The Plot (and the Chemical Soup) Thickens
- 7. Government Surveillance
- 8. Government Self-Monitoring
- 9. Becoming a Political Animal
- 10. Governing Behavior
- Notes
- Credits
- Acknowledgments
- Index