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Imprint:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 241 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Affective neuroscience. Neuropsychology. Positive psychology. Social psychology. Affect. Neuropsychology. Nervous System Physiological Phenomena. Optimism. Psychology, Social. Affective neuroscience. Neuropsychology. Positive psychology. Social psychology.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12540486

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Other authors / contributors:	Greene, Joshua David, 1974- editor. Morrison, India, editor. Seligman, Martin E. P., editor.
ISBN:	9780190608972 0190608978 9780199977932 0199977933 0199977925 9780199977925 9780199977949 0199977941 9780199977925
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 18, 2016).
Summary:	This volume describes research supported by the John Templeton Foundation's Positive Neuroscience Project, aimed at illuminating the neural mechanisms that promote human flourishing. Topics include social bonds, altruism, creativity, and resilience. The contributors include internationally renowned neuroscientists whose work has shaped and reshaped our understanding of human nature.
Other form:	Print version: Positive neuroscience. New York : Oxford University Press, 2016 9780199977925

Table of Contents:

Cover; Positive Neuroscience; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; Part I Social Bonds; 1. Affective and Social Touch; 2. The Neural Correlates of Individual Variation in Paternal Nurturance; 3. Toward a Neuroscience of Social Resonance; Part II Altruism; 4. Prosociality as a Form of Reward Seeking; 5. Is Human Prosocial Behavior Unique? Insights and New Questions From Nonhuman Primates; 6. When Feeling and Doing Diverge: Neural and Physiological Correlates of the Empathy-Altruism Divide; 7. Amygdala Tuning Toward Self and Other
8. Toward a Neuroscience of Compassion: A Brain Systems-Based Model and Research Agenda9. Extraordinary Altruism: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective; Part III Resilience and Creativity; 10. Increasing Positive Emotion in Negative Contexts: Emotional Consequences, Neural Correlates, and Implications for Resilience; 11. Could Meditation Modulate the Neurobiology of Learning Not to Fear?; 12. The Role of Brain Connectivity in Musical Experience; 13. The Function of Positive Emotions in Exploration; Index

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