Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xiv, 317 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-295) and index. |
Summary |
A pioneering neuroscientist reveals the reasons for chronic loneliness--which he defines as unrecognized syndrome--and brings it out of the shadow of its cousin, depression. |
Contents |
The lonely heart -- Lonely in a social world -- Variation, regulation, and an elastic leash -- Losing control -- Selfish genes, social animals -- The universal and the particular -- The wear and tear of loneliness -- From selfish genes to social beings -- Sympathetic threads -- An indissociable organism -- Knowing thyself, among others -- Conflicted by nature -- Conflicts in nature -- Finding meaning in connection -- Three adaptations -- Getting it right -- The power of social connection -- Notes -- Index. |
Subject |
Loneliness. |
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Neuropsychology -- methods. |
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Loneliness.
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Loneliness -- Physiological aspects.
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Neuropsychology.
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Added Author |
Patrick, William, 1948-
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ISBN |
9780393061703 (hardcover) |
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0393061701 (hardcover) |
Standard No. |
NLM 101483483 |
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NZ1 12395307 |
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IG# 9780393061703 |
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AU@ 000042944862 |
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CDX 6699905 |
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