# The Heart of the Brain

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- Book: [The Heart of the Brain](https://www.bookquiver.com/gareth-leng/the-heart-of-the-brain) ([The Heart of the Brain.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/gareth-leng/the-heart-of-the-brain.md))
- Authors: [Gareth Leng](https://www.bookquiver.com/gareth-leng)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6255-193-9
- Pages: 280
- Published: 2024-04-30
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

How hormonal signals in one small structure of the brain—the hypothalamus—govern our physiology and behavior. As human beings, we prefer to think of ourselves as reasonable. But how much of...