The brain

The brain / edited by Kenneth Partridge.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Partridge, Kenneth, 1980-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : H.W. Wilson, 2009.
Series:Reference shelf ; v. 81, no. 1
Subjects:
Brain > Physiology.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Structure, functions, and historic approaches to study
  • The strange anatomy of the brain / David Bainbridge
  • Brainbox
  • In our messy, reptilian brains / Sharon Begley
  • II. Mapping the mind: advances in brain-imaging technology
  • The new brain / Richard Restak
  • Unlocking the secrets of the brain: part 1 ; Unlocking the secrets of the brain: part 2 / Tabitha M. Powledge
  • MRI: a window on the brain / Paul Raeburn
  • The economics of brains / Gregory T. Huang
  • III. Works in progress: brain development from infancy to adulthood
  • Shaping the brains of tomorrow / Ross A. Thompson
  • How the arts develop the young brain / David Sousa
  • The teenage brain / Nora Underwood
  • When does your brain stop making new neurons? / Sharon Begley
  • IV. How the brain processes language
  • Addressing literacy through neuroscience / Steve Miller and Paula A. Tallal
  • Mapping metaphor / Kenneth W. Krause
  • The correlation between brain development, language acquisition, and cognition / Leslie Haley Wasserman
  • Brains show two sides of language function / Bruce Bower
  • V. The brain and aging
  • The disappearing mind / Geoffrey Cowley
  • The brain in winter ; The upside of aging / Sharon Begley
  • The outlook for Alzheimer's disease / Tyler A. Kokjohn and Kimbal E. Cooper
  • Neuron killers / Tina Hesman Saey
  • Keeping your brain fit / Christine Larson
  • VI. The "hard problem": efforts to understand human consciousness
  • What makes up my mind? / Joel Achenbach
  • The mystery of consciousness / Steven Pinker
  • Brains wide shut? / Patricia Churchland
  • Is there room for the soul? / Jay Tolson
  • Consciousness in the raw / Bruce Bower.

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