Social Neuroscience of Disease Prevention
Author | : Peter A. Hall |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-12-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780128234631 |
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Disease prevention is often approached from the perspective of the social sciences and epidemiology, without explicit consideration of the brain as a biological entity. Yet the brain can be an outcome of interest in disease prevention, as well as a predictor of disease prevention outcomes, and a mediator or moderator of the link between traditional risk factors and a disease outcome of interest. For these reasons, the science of the brain and its normative function is highly relevant to the objective of disease prevention. Social Neuroscience of Disease Prevention presents, in a compelling way, how what we know about the brain can intersect with what we know about the environment and population level dynamics to inform not only our understanding of disease risk, but also how we should go about preventing chronic diseases that form the primary limiting factors for the human lifespan throughout much of the world today.