The Human Caregiving System: A Neuroscience Model of Compassionate Motivation and Behavior

Moving Beyond Self-Interest: Perspectives from Evolutionary Biology, Neuroscience, and the Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Brown, Stephanie L ^a,b   Brown, R Michael ^c   Preston, Stephanie D ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Caregiving system; Neurobiology; Oxytocin; Selective investment theory; Social bonds; Social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921864479     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388107.003.0026     Document Type: Chapter

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