| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-295) and index. |
| Summary |
A pioneering neuroscientist reveals the reasons for chronic loneliness--which he defines as unrecognized syndrome--and brings it out of the shadow of its cousin, depression. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. The lonely heart -- ch. 1. Lonely in a social world -- ch. 2. Variation, regulation, and an elastic leash -- ch. 3. Losing control -- ch. 4. Selfish genes, social animals -- ch. 5. The universal and the particular -- ch. 6. The wear and tear of loneliness -- pt. 2. From selfish genes to social beings -- ch. 7. Sympathetic threads -- ch. 8. An indissociable organism -- ch. 9. Knowing thyself, among others -- ch. 10. Conflicted by nature -- ch. 11. Conflicts in nature -- pt. 3. Finding meaning in connection -- ch. 12. Three adaptations -- ch. 13. Getting it right -- ch. 14. The power of social connection -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Loneliness.
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Neuropsychology -- methods.
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Loneliness.
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Loneliness -- Physiological aspects.
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Neuropsychology.
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| Added Author |
Patrick, William, 1948-
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| ISBN |
9780393061703 hardcover |
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0393061701 hardcover |
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