Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: PI.HLM Mars / College 3f - Englisch / Regal 3f-2	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

"At fourteen, Amber could boast of killing her guinea pig, threatening to burn down her home, and seducing men in exchange for gifts. She used the tools she had available to get what she wanted, like all children. But unlike other children, she didn't care about the damage she inflicted. A few miles away, Lenny Skutnik cared so much about others that he jumped into an ice-cold river to save a drowning woman. What is responsible for the extremes of generosity and cruelty humans are capable of? By putting psychopathic children and extreme altruists in an fMRI, acclaimed psychologist Abigail Marsh found that the answer lies in how our brain responds to others' fear. While the brain's amygdala makes most of us hardwired for good, its variations can explain heroic and psychopathic behavior. A path-breaking read, The Fear Factor is essential for anyone seeking to understand the heights and depths of human nature"-- Provided by publisher. / / TABLE OF CONTENTS: / Prologue 1 (8) 1 The Rescue 9 (12) 2 Heroes and Antiheroes 21 (36) 3 The Psychopathic Brain 57 (36) 4 The Other Side of the Curve 93 (32) 5 What Makes an Altruist? 125 (32) 6 The Milk of Human Kindness 157 (44) 7 Can We Be Better? 201 (46) 8 Putting Altruism into Action 247 (8)Acknowledgments 255 (6)Notes 261 (30)Index 291