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The Monkey Wars
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 325

The Monkey Wars

The controversy over the use of primates in research admits of no easy answers. We have all benefited from the medical discoveries of primate research--vaccines for polio, rubella, and hepatitis B are just a few. But we have also learned more in recent years about how intelligent apes and monkeys really are: they can speak to us with sign language, they can even play video games (and are as obsessed with the games as any human teenager). And activists have also uncovered widespread and unnecessarily callous treatment of animals by researchers (in 1982, a Silver Spring lab was charged with 17 counts of animal cruelty). It is a complex issue, made more difficult by the combative stance of both...

The Biology of Animal Stress
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 396

The Biology of Animal Stress

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2000
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  • Publisher: CABI

The subjects of stress and animal welfare are currently attracting immense interest. This book brings together a range of perspectives from biomedical research (including human health and animal models of human stress) on stress and welfare, and assesses new approaches to conceptualising and alleviating stress.

The Brain That Changes Itself
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 447

The Brain That Changes Itself

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007-03-15
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  • Publisher: Penguin

“Fascinating. Doidge’s book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain.”—Oliver Sacks, MD, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat What is neuroplasticity? Is it possible to change your brain? Norman Doidge’s inspiring guide to the new brain science explains all of this and more An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable, and proving that it is, in fact, possible to change your brain. Psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity, its healing powers, and the people whose lives...

Sensory Integration and the Child
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 228

Sensory Integration and the Child

When "Sensory integration and the child" was first published in the 1970s, it was designed to help professional as well as the doctors, therapists, teachers and parents. In order to make the information more accessible to families, this new edition has preserved the core content and practical solutions, while moving technical sections to the appendixes.

Research Awards Index
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 664

Research Awards Index

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1984
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Development During the Transition to Adolescence
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 234

Development During the Transition to Adolescence

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Handbook of Stress and the Brain Part 1: The Neurobiology of Stress
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 864

Handbook of Stress and the Brain Part 1: The Neurobiology of Stress

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005-03-24
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  • Publisher: Elsevier

The Handbook of Stress and the Brain focuses on the impact of stressful events on the functioning of the central nervous system; how stress affects molecular and cellular processes in the brain, and in turn, how these brain processes determine our perception of and reactivity to, stressful challenges - acutely and in the long-run. Written for a broad scientific audience, the Handbook comprehensively reviews key principles and facts to provide a clear overview of the interdisciplinary field of stress. The work aims to bring together the disciplines of neurobiology, physiology, immunology, psychology and psychiatry, to provide a reference source for both the non-clinical and clinical expert, a...

Public Health Service Publication
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 432

Public Health Service Publication

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: Unknown
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Mental Health Program Reports
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1204

Mental Health Program Reports

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1969
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Pukka's Promise
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 469

Pukka's Promise

A guide to canine care covers such topics as the comparative health of purebred and mixed-breed dogs, the benefits and consequences of common health care practices, and how to identify best pet foods.