The Neurobiology of Parental Behavior - (Hormones, Brain, and Behavior) by Michael Numan & Thomas R Insel (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Among the membership of the Society for Neuroscience, the largest subset of researchers are those working in behavior. There are numerous courses offered at the graduate level examining these issues in neuroscience, behavioral science, psychobiology, psychology, and evolutionary biology programs. This first volume in a new series examines these vital questions.

Review Quotes

From the reviews:

"What Numan and Insel have produced is a clearly-written text explaining how maternal motivation and behaviour are regulated by neurobiological systems, and how these systems are themselves regulated by genes and environments that differ between females and therefore yield variation in maternal behaviour and offspring development. ... The study of behavioural causation is fascinating and vitally important, and reading this book should inspire many a PhD student, including in primatology, to want to conduct their doctoral research in this field." (Christopher Pryce, Primate Eye, June, 2005)