Come si crea la vita / by Alan Frank Guttmacher |
Autore | Guttmacher, Alan Frank |
Edizione | [4. ed] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Bompiani, [1942] |
Descrizione fisica | 295 p : ill. ; 20 cm |
Disciplina | 612.6 |
Collana | Avventure del pensiero ; 4 |
Soggetto topico |
Reproduction
Sex (Biology) Twins |
Classificazione |
LC QP251
53(023) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001699449707536 |
Guttmacher, Alan Frank
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Milano : Bompiani, [1942] | ||
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The ecology of sex / Paul J. Greenwood and Jonathan Adams |
Autore | Adams, Jonathan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Edward Arnold, c1987 |
Descrizione fisica | vi, 74 p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
Disciplina | 5768 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Greenwood, Paul J.author |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Evolution (Biology) Sex (Biology) |
ISBN | 0713129344 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003461159707536 |
Adams, Jonathan
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London : Edward Arnold, c1987 | ||
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The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality [[electronic resource] /] / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad |
Autore | Thornhill Randy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 411 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 306.7082 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GangestadSteven W |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Sexual behavior
Evolution (Biology) Sex (Biology) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-988770-5
1-281-82595-6 9786611825959 0-19-971249-2 0-19-971248-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Background and overview of the book -- Methodology -- Extended female sexuality -- The evolution of human mating systems and parental care -- Female ornaments and signaling -- The evolution of women's permanent ornaments -- Good genes and mate choice -- Estrus -- Women's estrus -- Women's estrus, pair-bonding, and extra-pair sex -- Concealed fertility -- Coevolutionary processes : men's counterstrategies and women's responses to them -- Reflections. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453655603321 |
Thornhill Randy
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality [[electronic resource] /] / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad |
Autore | Thornhill Randy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 411 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 306.7082 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GangestadSteven W |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Sexual behavior
Evolution (Biology) Sex (Biology) |
ISBN |
0-19-770094-2
0-19-988770-5 1-281-82595-6 9786611825959 0-19-971249-2 0-19-971248-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Background and overview of the book -- Methodology -- Extended female sexuality -- The evolution of human mating systems and parental care -- Female ornaments and signaling -- The evolution of women's permanent ornaments -- Good genes and mate choice -- Estrus -- Women's estrus -- Women's estrus, pair-bonding, and extra-pair sex -- Concealed fertility -- Coevolutionary processes : men's counterstrategies and women's responses to them -- Reflections. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782109303321 |
Thornhill Randy
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality [[electronic resource] /] / Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad |
Autore | Thornhill Randy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 411 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 306.7082 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GangestadSteven W |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Sexual behavior
Evolution (Biology) Sex (Biology) |
ISBN |
0-19-770094-2
0-19-988770-5 1-281-82595-6 9786611825959 0-19-971249-2 0-19-971248-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Background and overview of the book -- Methodology -- Extended female sexuality -- The evolution of human mating systems and parental care -- Female ornaments and signaling -- The evolution of women's permanent ornaments -- Good genes and mate choice -- Estrus -- Women's estrus -- Women's estrus, pair-bonding, and extra-pair sex -- Concealed fertility -- Coevolutionary processes : men's counterstrategies and women's responses to them -- Reflections. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808373703321 |
Thornhill Randy
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Functional and dysfunctional sexual behavior [[electronic resource] ] : a synthesis of neuroscience and comparative psychology / / Anders Ågmo |
Autore | Ågmo Anders |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston [Mass.], : Elsevier/AP, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (512 p.) |
Disciplina | 612.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Sex (Biology)
Sexual behavior in animals Sexual disorders |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-02879-7
9786611028794 0-08-054938-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Functional and Dysfunctional Sexual Behavior; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 On the purpose of sex and some notes on scientific explanations; 1 On the definition of sexual behavior; 2 The relationship between biological function and the causation of behavior; 2.1 Teleology; 2.2 Cause-effect relationships; 3 The coincidence between Darwinian and Judæo-Christian views on human sexual behavior; 3.1 The biological analysis of sexual behavior in the context of evolution and natural selection
3.2 Saint Augustine and sex: the poena reciproca and the role of love4 If sex is not for reproduction, what is it for?; 5 The high cost of the imposed association between sexual behavior and reproduction; 6 Differences and similarities between sex and other primary needs like food and drink; Chapter 2 An incentive motivational framework and the description of sexual behaviors; 1 Sexual motivation: theoretical framework; 2 Copulatory behaviors; 2.1 On the importance of the distinction between approach behaviors and the execution of copulatory reflexes; 2.2 Male copulatory behavior 2.3 Female copulatory behavior2.4 Copulatory behavior in men and women; 2.5 The relationship between sexual desire (motivation) and excitation (arousal); Chapter 3 The stimulus control of sexual incentive motivation: non-human mammals; 1 Introduction; 2 Detection of a potential mate and the activation of sexual incentive motivation: behavioral considerations; 2.1 The incentive stimulus; 2.2 Auditory sexual incentive stimuli in rats and mice; 2.3 Conclusions concerning auditory sexual incentive stimuli (ultrasonic vocalizations) in rodents; 3 Olfactory sexual incentive stimuli 3.1 The accessory olfactory system3.2 The main olfactory system; 3.3 Other potentially chemosensitive structures in the nose; 4 Visual incentive stimuli; 5 General conclusion concerning sexual incentive stimuli in non-human animals; Chapter 4 The stimulus control of sexual incentive motivation: the human; 1 Introduction; 2 Human sexual incentive stimuli: visceral reactions; 2.1 General comments; 2.2 Endocrine responses to sexual incentives; 2.3 Enhanced genital blood flow; 3 Human sexual incentive stimuli: approach behaviors; 3.1 Visual incentive stimuli 3.2 Chemicals as human sexual incentives4 Human sexual incentives outside of the laboratory; 4.1 General; 4.2 Dorothy Tennov's concept of limerence as an approximation to sexual incentive motivation; 4.3 Human sexual incentives and social learning; 5 An unkind note on sociobiology or evolutionary psychology; Chapter 5 Endocrine control of sexual behavior; 1 Males; 1.1 The importance of testicular hormones in men; 1.2 The importance of testicular hormones in non-human males; 1.3 The role of testosterone metabolites in non-human males; 1.4 The role of aromatization in men 1.5 Conclusion concerning the role of aromatization |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458604603321 |
Ågmo Anders
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Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston [Mass.], : Elsevier/AP, 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Functional and dysfunctional sexual behavior [[electronic resource] ] : a synthesis of neuroscience and comparative psychology / / Anders Ågmo |
Autore | Ågmo Anders |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston [Mass.], : Elsevier/AP, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (512 p.) |
Disciplina | 612.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Sex (Biology)
Sexual behavior in animals Sexual disorders |
ISBN |
1-281-02879-7
9786611028794 0-08-054938-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Functional and Dysfunctional Sexual Behavior; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 On the purpose of sex and some notes on scientific explanations; 1 On the definition of sexual behavior; 2 The relationship between biological function and the causation of behavior; 2.1 Teleology; 2.2 Cause-effect relationships; 3 The coincidence between Darwinian and Judæo-Christian views on human sexual behavior; 3.1 The biological analysis of sexual behavior in the context of evolution and natural selection
3.2 Saint Augustine and sex: the poena reciproca and the role of love4 If sex is not for reproduction, what is it for?; 5 The high cost of the imposed association between sexual behavior and reproduction; 6 Differences and similarities between sex and other primary needs like food and drink; Chapter 2 An incentive motivational framework and the description of sexual behaviors; 1 Sexual motivation: theoretical framework; 2 Copulatory behaviors; 2.1 On the importance of the distinction between approach behaviors and the execution of copulatory reflexes; 2.2 Male copulatory behavior 2.3 Female copulatory behavior2.4 Copulatory behavior in men and women; 2.5 The relationship between sexual desire (motivation) and excitation (arousal); Chapter 3 The stimulus control of sexual incentive motivation: non-human mammals; 1 Introduction; 2 Detection of a potential mate and the activation of sexual incentive motivation: behavioral considerations; 2.1 The incentive stimulus; 2.2 Auditory sexual incentive stimuli in rats and mice; 2.3 Conclusions concerning auditory sexual incentive stimuli (ultrasonic vocalizations) in rodents; 3 Olfactory sexual incentive stimuli 3.1 The accessory olfactory system3.2 The main olfactory system; 3.3 Other potentially chemosensitive structures in the nose; 4 Visual incentive stimuli; 5 General conclusion concerning sexual incentive stimuli in non-human animals; Chapter 4 The stimulus control of sexual incentive motivation: the human; 1 Introduction; 2 Human sexual incentive stimuli: visceral reactions; 2.1 General comments; 2.2 Endocrine responses to sexual incentives; 2.3 Enhanced genital blood flow; 3 Human sexual incentive stimuli: approach behaviors; 3.1 Visual incentive stimuli 3.2 Chemicals as human sexual incentives4 Human sexual incentives outside of the laboratory; 4.1 General; 4.2 Dorothy Tennov's concept of limerence as an approximation to sexual incentive motivation; 4.3 Human sexual incentives and social learning; 5 An unkind note on sociobiology or evolutionary psychology; Chapter 5 Endocrine control of sexual behavior; 1 Males; 1.1 The importance of testicular hormones in men; 1.2 The importance of testicular hormones in non-human males; 1.3 The role of testosterone metabolites in non-human males; 1.4 The role of aromatization in men 1.5 Conclusion concerning the role of aromatization |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784652203321 |
Ågmo Anders
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Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston [Mass.], : Elsevier/AP, 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Functional and dysfunctional sexual behavior [[electronic resource] ] : a synthesis of neuroscience and comparative psychology / / Anders Ågmo |
Autore | Ågmo Anders |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston [Mass.], : Elsevier/AP, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (512 p.) |
Disciplina | 612.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Sex (Biology)
Sexual behavior in animals Sexual disorders |
ISBN |
1-281-02879-7
9786611028794 0-08-054938-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Functional and Dysfunctional Sexual Behavior; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 On the purpose of sex and some notes on scientific explanations; 1 On the definition of sexual behavior; 2 The relationship between biological function and the causation of behavior; 2.1 Teleology; 2.2 Cause-effect relationships; 3 The coincidence between Darwinian and Judæo-Christian views on human sexual behavior; 3.1 The biological analysis of sexual behavior in the context of evolution and natural selection
3.2 Saint Augustine and sex: the poena reciproca and the role of love4 If sex is not for reproduction, what is it for?; 5 The high cost of the imposed association between sexual behavior and reproduction; 6 Differences and similarities between sex and other primary needs like food and drink; Chapter 2 An incentive motivational framework and the description of sexual behaviors; 1 Sexual motivation: theoretical framework; 2 Copulatory behaviors; 2.1 On the importance of the distinction between approach behaviors and the execution of copulatory reflexes; 2.2 Male copulatory behavior 2.3 Female copulatory behavior2.4 Copulatory behavior in men and women; 2.5 The relationship between sexual desire (motivation) and excitation (arousal); Chapter 3 The stimulus control of sexual incentive motivation: non-human mammals; 1 Introduction; 2 Detection of a potential mate and the activation of sexual incentive motivation: behavioral considerations; 2.1 The incentive stimulus; 2.2 Auditory sexual incentive stimuli in rats and mice; 2.3 Conclusions concerning auditory sexual incentive stimuli (ultrasonic vocalizations) in rodents; 3 Olfactory sexual incentive stimuli 3.1 The accessory olfactory system3.2 The main olfactory system; 3.3 Other potentially chemosensitive structures in the nose; 4 Visual incentive stimuli; 5 General conclusion concerning sexual incentive stimuli in non-human animals; Chapter 4 The stimulus control of sexual incentive motivation: the human; 1 Introduction; 2 Human sexual incentive stimuli: visceral reactions; 2.1 General comments; 2.2 Endocrine responses to sexual incentives; 2.3 Enhanced genital blood flow; 3 Human sexual incentive stimuli: approach behaviors; 3.1 Visual incentive stimuli 3.2 Chemicals as human sexual incentives4 Human sexual incentives outside of the laboratory; 4.1 General; 4.2 Dorothy Tennov's concept of limerence as an approximation to sexual incentive motivation; 4.3 Human sexual incentives and social learning; 5 An unkind note on sociobiology or evolutionary psychology; Chapter 5 Endocrine control of sexual behavior; 1 Males; 1.1 The importance of testicular hormones in men; 1.2 The importance of testicular hormones in non-human males; 1.3 The role of testosterone metabolites in non-human males; 1.4 The role of aromatization in men 1.5 Conclusion concerning the role of aromatization |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809104003321 |
Ågmo Anders
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Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Boston [Mass.], : Elsevier/AP, 2007 | ||
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Gay, straight, and the reason why : the science of sexual orientation / / Simon LeVay |
Autore | LeVay Simon |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina | 155.3/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Sexual orientation
Sex (Psychology) Sex (Biology) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-19-029738-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465687403321 |
LeVay Simon
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012 | ||
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Gay, straight, and the reason why : the science of sexual orientation / / Simon LeVay |
Autore | LeVay Simon |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina | 155.3/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Sexual orientation
Sex (Psychology) Sex (Biology) |
ISBN |
0-19-029739-5
0-19-029738-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What is sexual orientation? -- Why we need biology -- The outline of a theory -- Childhood -- Characteristics of gay and straight adults -- The role of sex hormones -- The role of genes -- The brain -- The body -- The older-brother effect -- Beyond gay and straight -- Conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798432303321 |
LeVay Simon
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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