Endocrinology of Social Relationships

Published by Harvard University Press 2012

Endocrinology of Social Relationships

Edited by: Peter T. Ellison and Peter B. Gray
With contributions by: Phyllis C. Lee , Kim Wallen , John C. Wingfield , Ericka Boone , Angela J. Grippo , Michael Ruscio , C. Sue Carter , Karen L. Bales , Toni E. Ziegler , Charles Snowdon , Lynn A. Fairbanks , Melissa Emery Thompson , Carole K. Hooven , James R. Roney , Benjamin C. Campbell , Alison S. Fleming , Andrea Gonzalez , Matthew H. McIntyre , Janice Hassett , Hillard S. Kaplan , Jane B. Lancaster , Roxanne Sanchez , Jeffrey C. Parkin , Jennie Y. Chen , Sari M. van Anders , Pablo Nepomnaschy and Mark Flinn

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674272514

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This book, a rare melding of human and animal research and theoretical and empirical science, ventures into the most interesting realms of behavioral biology to examine the intimate role of endocrinology in social relationships.

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The first volume to pull together the emerging field of human behavioral endocrinology as the product of a long evolutionary history exerting subtle influences throughout modern societies. The distinguished and authoritative assemblage of authors share their enthusiasm and leave no doubt that this will be an influential scientific discipline in the years to come.
-- Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards, University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

The editors and their authors have produced a definitive and scholarly, yet readable, state-of-the-art presentation of a fascinating and timely topic. This landmark volume is rich in ideas, conclusions, and questions for the future. As the editors point out, we are all being exposed, like it or not, to hormones in the environment and to ads full of claims about the benefits of administering hormones. We need to understand how such hormones might (or might not) be affecting social relationships. Will spraying on some oxytocin make your colleagues like you? Probably not, but reading Endocrinology of Social Relationships produced warm feelings about the ability of good science to illuminate the human condition.
-- Elizabeth Adkins-Regan Science

[This book] is an incredible resource for anyone who has studied or everwondered about the biological underpinnings of human's (or even non-human's) social interactions...In the past 15 years, there have been many studies published on the topic of hormones' roles in social relationships, but never before has there been one definitive volume that reviews the entire area with such a high degree of accuracy. Given that some developments within this area have been recent, the book represents a formidable effort to collect the modern work into one volume, and as a result, it will serve as a "go-to" text for many years.
-- Maryanne Fisher Evolutionary Psychology

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction Peter B. Gray and Peter T. Ellison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE Theoretical and Empirical Context
1 Evolution and Ecological Diversity in Animal Mating and Parenting Systems Phyllis C. Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2 Neuroendocrine Mechanisms Underlying Social Relationships Kim Wallen and Janice Hassett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3 Social Relationships and Reproductive Ecology Peter T. Ellison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
4 Hormone-Behavior Interrelationships in a Changing Environment John C. Wingfield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
5 The Endocrinology of the Human Adaptive Complex Jane B. Lancaster and Hillard S. Kaplan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
PART TWO Social Relationships among Nonhuman Animals
6 The Endocrinology of Social Relationships in Rodents C. Sue Carter, Ericka Boone, Angela J. Grippo, Michael Ruscio and Karen L. Bales Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
7 The Endocrinology of Family Relationships in Biparental Monkeys Toni E. Ziegler and Charles T. Snowdon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
8 Hormonal and Neurochemical Influences on Aggression in Group-Living Monkeys Lynn A. Fairbanks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
9 The Endocrinology of Intersexual Relationships in the Apes Melissa Emery Thompson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
PART THREE Social Relationships among Humans
10 Human Sex Differences in Social Relationships: Organizational and Activational Effects of Androgens Matthew H. McIntyre and Carole K. Hooven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
11 The Role of Sex Hormones in the Initiation of Human Mating Relationships James R. Roney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
12 Human Male Testosterone, Pair-Bonding, and Fatherhood Peter B. Gray and Benjamin C. Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
13 Neurobiology of Human Maternal Care Alison S. Fleming and Andrea Gonzalez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
14 Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Human Social Behavior Roxanne Sanchez, Jeffrey C. Parkin, Jennie Y. Chen and Peter B. Gray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
15 Androgens and Diversity in Adult Human Partnering Sari M. van Anders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	340
16 Early Life Influences on the Ontogeny of the Neuroendocrine Stress Response in the Human Child Pablo Nepomnaschy and Mark Flinn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	364
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	491
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	493

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 512

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Published: March 5, 2012
ISBN: 9780674272514