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Loneliness : human nature and the need for social connection / John T. Cacioppo and William Patrick.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393061703
  • 0393061701
  • 9780393335286
  • 0393335283
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 155.9/2 22
LOC classification:
  • BF575.L7 C23 2008
NLM classification:
  • 2008 K-902
  • BF 575.L7
Other classification:
  • CP 3200
Contents:
The lonely heart -- Lonely in a social world -- Variation, regulation, and an elastic leash -- Losing control -- Selfish genes, social animals -- The universal and the particular -- The wear and tear of loneliness -- From selfish genes to social beings -- Sympathetic threads -- An indissociable organism -- Knowing thyself, among others -- Conflicted by nature -- Conflicts in nature -- Finding meaning in connection -- Three adaptations -- Getting it right -- The power of social connection.
Summary: A pioneering neuroscientist reveals the reasons for chronic loneliness--which he defines an unrecognized syndrome--and brings it out of the shadow of its cousin, depression.
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Two Hour Reserve Karen H. Huntsman Library Items Available at the Front Desk BF575.L7 C23 2008 1 Available 38060007525959

Dealing With Life

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-295) and index.

The lonely heart -- Lonely in a social world -- Variation, regulation, and an elastic leash -- Losing control -- Selfish genes, social animals -- The universal and the particular -- The wear and tear of loneliness -- From selfish genes to social beings -- Sympathetic threads -- An indissociable organism -- Knowing thyself, among others -- Conflicted by nature -- Conflicts in nature -- Finding meaning in connection -- Three adaptations -- Getting it right -- The power of social connection.

A pioneering neuroscientist reveals the reasons for chronic loneliness--which he defines an unrecognized syndrome--and brings it out of the shadow of its cousin, depression.

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