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035 _a(OCoLC)941714642
042 _apcc
092 _a612.8
_bM117
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aMcAuliffe, Kathleen,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aThis is your brain on parasites :
_bhow tiny creatures manipulate our behavior and shape society /
_cKathleen McAuliffe.
264 1 _aBoston :
_bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,
_c2016.
300 _a268 pages :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
500 _a"An Eamon Dolan book."
520 _a"Based on a wildly popular Atlantic article: an astonishing investigation into the world of microbes, and the myriad ways they control how other creatures -- including humans -- act, feel, and think As we are now discovering, parasites -- microbes that cannot thrive and reproduce without another organism as a host -- are shockingly sophisticated and extraordinarily powerful. In fact, a plethora of parasites affect our behavior in ways we have barely begun to understand. In this mind-bending book, McAuliffe reveals the eons-old war between parasites and other creatures that is playing out in our very own bodies. And more surprising still, she uncovers the decisive role that parasites may have played in the rise and demise of entire civilizations. Our obsession with cleanliness and our experience of disgust are both evolutionary tools for avoiding infection, but they evolved differently for different populations. Political, social, and religious differences among societies may be caused, in part, by the different parasites that prey on us. In the tradition of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel and Neil Shubin's Your Inner Fish, This Is Your Brain on Parasites is both a journey into cutting-edge science and a revelatory examination of what it means to be human."--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aBefore parasites were cool -- Hitching a ride -- Zombified -- Hypnotized -- Dangerous liaisons -- Gut feelings -- My microbes made me fat -- Healing instinct -- The forgotten emotion -- Parasites and prejudice -- Parasites and piety -- The geography of thought.
650 0 _aNervous system
_xDiseases.
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650 0 _aParasitology.
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650 0 _aMicrobiology.
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