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Author McAuliffe, Kathleen, author.

Title This is your brain on parasites : how tiny creatures manipulate our behavior and shape society / Kathleen McAuliffe.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  612.8 MCAULIFFE    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  612.8 MCA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  612.8 MCA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  612.8 MCAULIFFE    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  612.8 MCA    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  612.8 M117T    Check Shelf
Description 268 pages, [16] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "An Eamon Dolan book."
Summary Based on her hugely popular Atlantic article, science writer Kathleen McAuliffe reveals the myriad ways parasites control how humans act, feel, and think.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-251) and index.
Contents Before parasites were cool -- Hitching a ride -- Zombified -- Hypnotized -- Dangerous liaisons -- Gut feelings -- My microbes made me fat -- Healing instinct -- The forgotten emotion -- Parasites and prejudice -- Parasites and piety -- The geography of thought.
Subject Nervous system -- Diseases.
Parasitology.
Microbiology.
Central Nervous System Diseases.
Parasitology.
Microbiology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Schizophrenia.
MEDICAL -- Microbiology.
Microbiology. (OCoLC)fst01019576
Nervous system -- Diseases. (OCoLC)fst01036098
Parasitology. (OCoLC)fst01053186
Other Form: Online version: McAuliffe, Kathleen, author. This is your brain on parasites. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016 9780544193222 (DLC) 2016009925
ISBN 9780544192225 (hardback)
0544192222 (hardback)
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