Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 The Brain as a Survival Machine -- Social and Physical Evolution -- The Human Brain -- Arguments Against the Limbic System -- Evolution of Man -- Chapter 2 A Chemical Code for Survival -- Communication Between Brain Cells -- Chemical Signals in the Brain -- Chapter 3 Serotonin, Steroids and Signalling -- Serotonin Receptors -- Chapter 4 The Brain and Stress -- What is Stress? -- The Body's Response to Stress -- Arousal, Attention and Stress -- Corticoids and Stress -- Allostasis -- Psychological Reactions to Stress in Man -- All About the Hypothalamus -- Chapter 5 The Weight-Watcher in the Brain -- Regulating Body Weight -- Leptin -- Obesity -- The Brain and Eating -- Food and Reward -- Smell -- Human Culture and Food -- Eating Disorders -- Getting Food -- Chapter 6 Staying Wet and Salty -- Thirst -- Chapter 7 Keeping Warm, Staying Cool -- Temperature Regulation -- Chapter 8 The Sexual Brain -- Sexual Selection and Competition -- The Variety of Sexual Behaviour -- Sex Differences -- Sexual Strategies -- Sex and Violence -- Chapter 9 Bonding, Motherhood and Love -- Parental Care -- Love -- Social Interaction and Altruism -- The Frontal Lobes and Decision-Making -- Chapter 10 The Brain Goes to War -- Aggression -- Aggression in Males -- Fear -- The Functions of the Amygdala -- The Amygdala in Man -- War -- Chapter 11 The Rhythm of Life -- Daily Rhythms -- Seasonal Rhythms -- Chapter 12 The Brain Breaks Down -- Life Events -- Depression -- Emotion -- Emotion and the Brain -- PTSD -- Emotion and Reason -- Hormones and Depression -- Chapter 13 Individuality -- Individuality -- Genes -- The Individual and Society -- Individual Differences -- Genetic Change -- Author Index -- Subject Index.