"Equinox"

Why do some people seek out risk while others try to avoid it? What makes us social animals? This text looks at the findings of Channel 4's "Equinox" programme and then investigates further. This is an introduction to the area of behavioural science which looks at why we behave as we do.

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Jack Challoner assembles some of the recent astonishing discoveries about the most mysterious and complex of all our organs: the brain. Why do some people seek out risk while others try to avoid it? How are mountaineers able to process ideas, remember facts, and even count at high altitudes? What makes us social animals? Do we all perceive the world in the same way? Jack Challoner describes the findings of Channel 4's highly successful series Equinox and looks into the programmes' background to investigate the subject further. This is an excellent introduction to a compelling area of contemporary biological science which will be fascinating to everyone who is intrigued by why we behave as we do.