Monkeyluv

In this collection of essays, all previously published in magazines such as the New Yorker and Discover, neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky explores the complex influence of genes, environment, the body, and society upon the individual personality. To put forward his points, he uses a variety of compelling examples from human, primate, and other vertebrate behavior, including the mating choices of female baboons; why a quarrel continues even when one party accepts the other`s apology; and the underpinnings of the bizarre and chilling disorder Munchausen`s by Proxy, in which a mother deliberately makes her child ill in order to gain sympathy from medical professionals. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.