Front Cover 1
Neurobiology of Social Behavior: Toward an Understanding of the Prosocial and Antisocial Brain 4
Copyright 5
Dedication 6
Contents 8
Preface 10
About the Author 12
Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Neural Systems 14
1.1 INTRODUCTION 14
1.2 A SCHEMATIC OVERVIEW OF THE MAMMALIAN BRAIN 15
1.3 FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY 16
1.4 CONCLUSIONS 54
Chapter 2 - Basic Genetics and Epigenetics 56
2.1 INTRODUCTION 56
2.2 BASIC GENETICS 56
2.3 BASIC EPIGENETICS 65
2.4 EPIGENETIC EFFECTS ON PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT 67
2.5 CONCLUSIONS 74
Chapter 3 - Aggressive Behavior 76
3.1 INTRODUCTION 76
3.2 NEURAL SYSTEMS OF OFFENSIVE AGGRESSION IN NONHUMAN MAMMALS 78
3.3 NEUROBIOLOGY OF IMPULSIVE OR AFFECTIVE AGGRESSION IN HUMANS 99
3.4 EARLY ADVERSE LIFE EXPERIENCES, GENES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGGRESSION 107
3.5 CONCLUSIONS 118
Chapter 4 - Sexual Behaviors and Sexual Differentiation 122
4.1 INTRODUCTION 122
4.2 THE HORMONAL BASIS OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 123
4.3 THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN NONPRIMATE ANIMALS 124
4.4 THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF FEMALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN NONPRIMATE ANIMALS 136
4.5 THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN PRIMATES 147
4.6 SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 156
4.7 CONCLUSIONS 176
Chapter 5 - Parental Behavior 178
5.1 INTRODUCTION 178
5.2 NEURAL SYSTEMS REGULATING MATERNAL MOTIVATION IN RATS 182
5.3 NEURAL SYSTEMS AND MATERNAL BEHAVIOR IN SHEEP: MATERNAL RESPONSIVENESS AND THE FORMATION OF SELECTIVE ATTACHMENTS 216
5.4 MATERNAL BEHAVIOR IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES 220
5.5 PATERNAL AND ALLOPARENTAL BEHAVIOR 222
5.6 DEVELOPMENTAL INFLUENCES ON THE MATERNAL BEHAVIOR OF MAMMALS 227
5.7 THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF MATERNAL BEHAVIOR IN HUMANS 237
5.8 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 245
Chapter 6 - Monogamy and the Formation of Enduring Social Attachments between Mating Partners 248
6.1 INTRODUCTION 248
6.2 THE VOLE MODEL SYSTEM 249
6.3 OT AND VASOPRESSIN NEURAL SYSTEMS AND THE REGULATION OF SOCIAL MONOGAMY IN BIRDS AND PRIMATES 270
6.4 OT, VASOPRESSIN, AND PAIR BONDING: CONCLUSIONS 275
6.5 THE RELATIONSHIP OF OT NEURAL SYSTEMS TO AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER 276
Chapter 7 - Human Sociality 284
7.1 INTRODUCTION 284
7.2 AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE 284
7.3 IMPORTANT POINTS FROM PREVIOUS CHAPTERS 287
7.4 THE INSULAR CORTEX AND EMPATHY: A POTENTIAL STARTING POINT THROUGH WHICH FEELING STATES INFLUENCE PROSOCIAL BEHAVIORS 289
7.5 OXYTOCIN AND HUMAN PROSOCIALITY 297
7.6 HUMAN PROSOCIALITY: CONCLUSIONS 302
7.7 PSYCHOPATHY: A BREAKDOWN OF PROSOCIAL NEURAL CIRCUITS THAT RESULTS IN ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR 303
7.8 EPILOGUE 311
References 314
Index 354