Motivation and desire : a new way to think about why we do everything and its basis in neuroscience / William J. Freed.
Freed, William J., author.
2022
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Title Motivation and desire : a new way to think about why we do everything and its basis in neuroscience / William J. Freed.
Author Freed, William J., author.
ISBN 9783031104770 (electronic bk.)
3031104773 (electronic bk.)
9783031104763
3031104765
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10477-0
Published Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 219 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-10477-0 doi
Call Number BF201
Dewey Decimal Classification 153
Summary Some of our time is spent eating and drinking and some is spent on matters regarding reproduction. Some of us seek fame or recognition while others seek satisfaction internally, with little need for recognition. Some people study for success in a profession, while others might study rocks, birds, or French literature for no apparent reason other than to know about it. Why are we motivated to engage in so many apparently unrelated activities? This book places our various activities into categories, thus providing a framework for understanding how everything that we do fits together and is based on brain mechanisms. Disturbances in motivation play important roles in autism, depression, Parkinson's disease, and addiction. Understanding the motivational aspects of these disorders can help to inform our approach to these conditions. This book may be of value for students in psychology, counseling, management, and anyone who is interested in understanding our daily behavior.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 14, 2022).
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Introduction
PART I: A Classification Scheme for Motivation
Chapter 1: Reward, Punishment, Desire, Pleasure, and Terminology
Chapter 2: A Classification Scheme
Chapter 3: Type A Motivation: Biological Needs
Chapter 4: Type B or Social Motivation
Chapter 5: Type C Motivation: Growth and Development of Cerebral Organization
Chapter 6: Long-Term Executive Function
Chapter 7: Relevant Concepts from Motivational Psychology
Chapter 8: Altruism
Chapter 9: Are Different People Motivated Differently?
PART II: Brain Mechanisms and Disorders
Chapter 10: Biology of motivation, dopamine, and brain circuits that mediate pleasure
Chapter 11: What Electrical Stimulation of the Brain Tells Us About Motivation
Chapter 12: How the Brain Signals Reward
Chapter 13: Type C Motivation in Rats
Chapter 14: Type C Motivation in Humans
Chapter 15: Brain Mechanisms Related to Social and Reproductive Behavior
Chapter 16: Parkinsons Disease
Chapter 17: Addiction
Chapter 18: Depression and Other Forms of Mental Illness
Chapter 19: Conclusions.

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