The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology

by Greg Downey and Daniel H. Lende

Book Overview

Basic concepts and case studies from an emerging field that investigates human capacities and pathologies at the intersection of brain and culture.

The brain and the nervous system are our most cultural organs. Our nervous system is especially immature at birth, our brain disproportionately small in relation to its adult size and open to cultural sculpting at multiple levels. Recognizing this, the new field of neuroanthropology places the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262527499
• ISBN13: 9780262527491
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.7" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher