The altruistic brain : how we are naturally good / Donald W. Pfaff, PhD, with Sandra Sherman.

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The Altruistic Brain synthesizes all the most important research into how and why - at a purely physical level - humans empathize with one another and respond altruistically. It demonstrates that human beings are "wired" to behave altruistically in the first instance, such that unprompted, spontaneo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pfaff, Donald W., 1939- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Altruism.
Brain > Physiology.
Evolution (Biology)
Brain > physiology.
Behavior > physiology.
Biological Evolution.
Physical Description:ix, 295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book
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