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050 00 $aRC346$b.M36 2016
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100 1 $aMcAuliffe, Kathleen,$eauthor.
245 10 $aThis is your brain on parasites :$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 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$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.
650 0 $aParasitology.
650 0 $aMicrobiology.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aMcAuliffe, Kathleen, author.$tThis is your brain on parasites.$dBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016$z9780544193222$w(DLC) 2016009925
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