EbookBell.com

Most ebook files are in PDF format, so you can easily read them using various software such as Foxit Reader or directly on the Google Chrome browser.
Some ebook files are released by publishers in other formats such as .awz, .mobi, .epub, .fb2, etc. You may need to install specific software to read these formats on mobile/PC, such as Calibre.

Please read the tutorial at this link: https://ebookbell.com/faq

We offer FREE conversion to the popular formats you request; however, this may take some time. Therefore, right after payment, please email us, and we will try to provide the service as quickly as possible.

For some exceptional file formats or broken links (if any), please refrain from opening any disputes. Instead, email us first, and we will try to assist within a maximum of 6 hours.

EbookBell Team

Hunger Thirst Sex And Sleep How The Brain Controls Our Passions John K Young

Name: Hunger Thirst Sex And Sleep How The Brain Controls Our Passions John K Young
SKU: BELL-5243448
Price: 31.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.1 (30 reviews)

SKU: BELL-5243448

$ 31.00 ~~$ 45.00~~ (-31%)

4.1

30 reviews

Hunger Thirst Sex And Sleep How The Brain Controls Our Passions John K Young instant download after payment.

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

File Extension: PDF

File size: 2.21 MB

Pages: 175

Author: John K. Young

ISBN: 9781442218239, 1442218231

Language: English

Year: 2012

Product desciption

Hunger Thirst Sex And Sleep How The Brain Controls Our Passions John K Young by John K. Young 9781442218239, 1442218231 instant download after payment.

Sensations of hunger, thirst, sexual attraction, and love can dominate our thoughts to the exclusion of almost everything else, but until the last 10 years or so, the precise reasons why these passions arise have not been understood very well. We now know that these, and other drives like the urge to sleep, are controlled by a small portion of the brain called the hypothalamus. This book presents the latest information about how the brain controls our most basic drives.
In a series of fascinating anecdotes, Young tells the tale of how scientists have discovered the role of the hypothalamus in our basic drives and in medical conditions in which these drives are drastically altered. Covering our need for food, water, sex, sleep, and other life essentials, he reveals the brain’s part in how we provide for each, and how in some cases, those needs can swing wildly out of control resulting in problems such as obesity, diabetes, insomnia, or narcolepsy. He shows how regulating body temperature can affect the lifespan, how the aging process affects sexual behavior, how empathy and love develop in relationships with family members or with love interests, and how all these functions and more can go awry.
Like other science writers before him, Young illuminates even the complex inner workings of the brain in a way that anyone can understand, so that readers are treated to a tour of a tiny part of the brain that is responsible for so many fundamental aspects of life.