Epigenetics and Behavior: Exploring Biological Determinants of Behavior

Epigenetics and Behavior: Exploring Biological Determinants of Behavior discusses the evolutionary basis of neurodevelopmental regulation of gene expression by experience (epigenetics). While many areas of scientific inquiry have sought to understand what determines the variation in human attributes (phenotypes) that have consistent trait-like features, including anxiety or fearlessness, aggressive or non-aggressive behavior, social or antisocial behavior, charitable or miserly traits, and so forth, this book takes a comprehensive approach. Over the lifespan of a particular individual, these traits, although flexible, are often highly consistent. The nature-nurture? or genes versus environment? discussion is one of the longstanding arguments in all philosophical inquiry. And now, as we stand on the threshold of a complete understanding of the most fundamental question about human nature, all a result of combined empirical and theoretical advances in epigenetics which influence developmental psychobiology and evolutionary biology, the science is rapidly progressing. With the advent of epigenetics, we now have a mechanism (or mechanisms, really) to explain how this process works at a molecular level - that is, evolutionary selected mechanisms of gene-environment interactions are literally written? into our genetic code. This book draws together the knowledge and ideas from the different fields that collectively have answered the nature-nurture? discussion. Integrates the findings of developmental psychobiology with epigenetics in an evolutionary contextWritten to convey a new perspective on epigenetic effects on behavior, while maintaining fluid writing prose for the uninformed readerAssembles knowledge from a number of fields, including developmental psychobiology, genomics, epigenetics, and evolutionary biology to paint a precise picture of epigenetic influences on personality INDICE: 1. Introduction 2. Gene x Environment Interactions in Sensory and Perceptual Development3. Gene x Environment Interactions in Intellectual Development 4. Gene x Environment Interactions in Emotional Development: Social Deprivation in Primates5. Gene x Environment Interactions in Emotional Development: Social Deprivation in Rodents6. Deprivation of Social Play in Rodents: Isolation Rearing7. Isolation Housing of Adult Rodents8. Specificity of the Effects of Early Life Experiences and the Importance of Critical Periods 9. Epigenetics 10. Evolutionary Implications of Epigenetically Mediated Neurodevelopmental Programs

• ISBN: 978-0-12-801384-7
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés