Michael Trimble

Why Humans Like to Cry

Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain

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Produktbeschreibung

Human beings are the only species to have evolved the trait of emotional crying. We even create music, fiction, film, and theatre - 'Tragedy' - to encourage crying. Michael Trimble looks at the physiology and evolution of this unique human behaviour, exploring its links with language, consciousness, empathy, and religious practices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 126mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 180g
• ISBN-13: 9780198713494
• ISBN-10: 0198713495
• Artikelnr.: 42383942

Autorenporträt

Michael Trimble is emeritus professor of Behavioural Neurology at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London. His research for many years has been on the behavioural consequences of neurological disorders, especially epilepsy and movement disorders. He has a lifelong research interest in neuroanatomy, hence his ability to explore the neuroanatomical basis of crying. However, he is also a psychiatrist with much clinical experience of mood disorders, and had investigated the latter in patients using neurological techniques, such as brain imaging. He is the author of The Soul in the Brain (Johns Hopkins, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Crying
3: The Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Crying
4: Evolution
5: Tragedy and Tears
6: Tearful Logic
7: Why Do We Get Pleasure from Crying at the Theatre?
Appendix 1: Neuroanatomy
Appendix 2: Glossary of terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index