Donald Pfaff Books

Contends that the basic ethics governing our everyday lives can be traced directly to brain circuitry. This book explains an account of how specific brain signals induce us to consider our actions as if they were directed at ourselves - and subsequently lead us to treat others as we wish to be treated.

This book concentrates on two major topics: firstly, the molecular and neural biology of hormone actions relevant to normal social behaviors; and secondly, the clinical treatment of human patients in whom these behaviors have gone wrong.