Minding The Climate : How Neuroscience Can Help Us Solve Our Environmental Crisis

EBook 2022

"The human brain evolved to prioritize short-term rewards over long-term needs. But while this behavioral architecture served our ancestors well, it is maladaptive in the face of a slow-moving climate crisis. Luckily, brains can change. Dr. Ann-Christine Duhaime shows how we can retrain our neurons to value behaviors that counteract climate change"-- Provided by publisher.

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Brain Evolution

Brain Psychological aspects

Climate change mitigation

Neural circuitry Adaptation

Neuropsychology

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9780674287624

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Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Harvard University Press 2022 Available via World Wide Web

Contents:

Introduction: The Human Brain and Climate Change: Linkages and Liabilities
Part 1: Neural Origins
Chapter 1: Brain Evolution and the Anthropocene
Chapter 2: Brain Rewards: A Design for Learning
Chapter 3: The Universe of Human Rewards
Chapter 4: Biophilia and the Brain
Part 2: The Twenty-First-Century Brain
Chapter 5: An Acceleration of Consumption
Chapter 6: Which Behaviors Matter Most: Choice, Consumption, and Carbon
Part 3: Changing the Brain
Chapter 7: How Behavior Is Changed: What's Easy and Hard for Our Brains
Chapter 8: Strategies for Pro-Environmental Shifts
Chapter 9: The Green Children's Hospital: Test Case at the Meso Level
Conclusion: A Sustainable Brain

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