Social Neuroscience of Disease Prevention

Auteur
Peter Hall is a Full Professor in the School of Public Health & Health Systems at the University of Waterloo. His research aims to identify causal determinants of health-related behaviors, visceral states, and cognitions using methods from cognitive neuroscience, social psychology and public health. Of specific interest are: 1) reciprocal relationships between lifestyle factors and brain health, 2) transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), and 3) brain imaging in population health.

Texte du rabat

Many diseases have the potential to affect the brain. This is true of chronic diseases (e.g., diabetes, heart disease), infectious diseases (e.g., COVID-19, HIV), pre-disease states (e.g., hypertension, obesity), and specific traumatic events (e.g., concussion, stroke). On the other hand, neurodegenerative conditions and some psychiatric disorders are largely understood to be diseases of the brain itself. It is therefore quite natural to think about the brain as an outcome variable in relation to physical and psychiatric illness. However, it is also possible to consider the brain as a mechanism by which a disease may impact an entirely different outcome of interest, or even as a predictor of disease onset itself. Importantly, these effects may be revealed only under certain environmental conditions, and so the social context of behavior, illness and health are all important to consider. Social Neuroscience of Disease Prevention examines the role of the human brain in health and disease from the above multi-perspective framework, wherein the brain can be a predictor, mediator or outcome of physical and psychiatric illness. Importantly, the social context is examined carefully as a potential moderator of all of these effects, and the rate at which they occur. This book is written with a narrative style that is intended to prioritize readability, self-reflection and critical thought, more so than a pure computational or technical focus. It is appropriate for scientists and trainees from a wide variety of backgrounds, including the medical sciences, the neurosciences, allied health sciences and public health.

Contenu

1. Strategy of Preventive Medicine
   
   2. Brain Health
   3. Neuroscience of Health Communication
   4. Neurobiology of Health Behavior Change
   5. Exercise Neuroscience
   6. Eating and the Human Brain
   7. The Brain on Drugs and Drugs on the Brain
   8. Stress and Resilience in the Human Brain
   9. Developmental Influences on Brain Health
   10. Socioeconomic Forces and Brain Development
   11. Early Adversity and the Developing Brain
   12. Enivornmental Toxins, Public Policy and the BrainStrategy of Preventive Medicine
   13. Brain Health
   14. Neuroscience of Health Communication
   15. Neurobiology of Health Behavior Change
   16. Exercise Neuroscience
   17. Eating and the Human Brain
   18. The Brain on Drugs and Drugs on the Brain
   19. Stress and Resilience in the Human Brain
   20. Developmental Influences on Brain Health
   21. Socioeconomic Forces and Brain Development
   22. Early Adversity and the Developing Brain
   23. Enivornmental Toxins, Public Policy and the Brain