Dedication

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-v

List of figures and tables

pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements

pp vii-vii

Preface

pp viii-xii

Part I - Getting to grips with the thought styles

pp 1-2

one - Biology and the drive for human improvement

pp 3-24

two - How knowledge gets made in neuroscience and molecular biology

pp 25-60

three - Blaming the brain

pp 61-86

Part II - Fixing real people

pp 87-88

four - The precarious infant brain

pp 89-110

five - The cat is out of the bag: from early intervention to child protection

pp 111-128

six - Perfecting people: the inexorable rise of prevention science

pp 129-156

seven - Epigenetics: rat mum to my Mum?

pp 157-176

eight - Human epigenetics prematurely born(e)?

pp 177-198

nine - Are we broken? Fixing people (or society) in the 21st century

pp 199-224

Appendix A: Signs and codes

pp 225-230

Appendix B: The amygdala: the brain’s almond

pp 231-234

Appendix C: Statistical primer

pp 235-247

Appendix D: The definition of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

pp 248-248

Appendix E: Critique of Cunha et al, 2010

pp 249-258

References

pp 259-280

Index

pp 281-291