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

By: Smoller, Jordan W, 1961-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : William Morrow, 2012Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.Description: 390 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780061492198 (hardback); 9780061492204 (trade paperback edition).Subject(s): Behavior genetics | Psychobiology | Biological psychiatry | Norm (Philosophy)DDC classification: 591.5
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: 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 "abnormal?
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 591.5 Sm79 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003746138

Includes bibliographical references.

"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.

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 "abnormal?

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