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Book SynopsisThis collection includes research on engineering robots for emotional interaction, the vulnerability of soldiers to post-traumatic stress disorder, cognitive dimensions of political and science communication, sports coaching across cultures, intergenerational health problems in Aboriginal populations, the political economy of addiction treatment, the impact of poverty on the developing brain, psychiatric care for Nepali Bhutanese refugees, and how culture and institutions affect psychosis. These cases show how a holistic approach to neural development and structure in social contexts provides a powerful new way to apply anthropology.
Table of ContentsNeuroanthropology and Its Applications: An Introduction
Daniel H. Lende and Greg Downey
Cultural Variation in Rugby Skills: A Preliminary Neuroanthropological Report
Greg Downey
Sensical Translations: Three Case Studies in Applied Cognitive Communications
Eric H. Lindland and Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor
Empathy and the Robot: A Neuroanthropological Analysis
Katie Glaskin
Applying Nepali Ethnopsychology to Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Mental Illness and Prevention of Suicide among Bhutanese Refugees
Brandon A. Kohrt, Sujen M. Maharjan, Damber Timsina, and James Griffith
Toward an Applied Neuroanthropology of Psychosis: The Interplay of Culture, Brains, and Experience
Neely Anne Laurenzo Myers
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Neuroanthropology: Stopping PTSD before it Begins
Gina L. Collura and Daniel H. Lende
Life History and Real Life: An Example of Neuroanthropology in Aboriginal Australia
Victoria K. Burbank
From White Bullets to Black Markets and Greened Medicine: The Neuroeconomics and Neuroracial Politics of Opioid Pharmaceuticals
Helena Hansen and Mary E. Skinner
Poverty Poisons the Brain
Daniel H. Lende
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