Minding the climate : how neuroscience can help solve our environmental crisis / Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duhaime, Ann-Christine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neuropsychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : Harvard University Press, 2022.

Summary:

The human brain evolved to prioritize short-term rewards over long-term goals. But while this adaptation served our ancestors well, it is maladaptive in the face of a slow-moving climate crisis. Luckily, brains can adjust. Ann-Christine Duhaime explores how we can reframe what we find rewarding to counteract climate change.

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Duhaime, Ann-Christine Minding the Climate

ISBN:

9780674287617

OCLC:

1343104697