The evolving brain : the known and the unknown / R. Grant Steen.
- Steen, R. Grant.
- Date:
- 2007
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2007.
Physical description
437 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-426) and index.
Contents
The anthill of the brain -- Conduction and connection -- The sensation of change -- The "dinosaur" brain -- The "human" brain -- The psychology of learning -- The biological basis of memory -- Brain plasticity and neural stem cells -- Consciousness -- Altered states -- Emotion and the social brain -- Motivation and the social mind -- Genes, environment, and human behavior -- Neurology and illnesses of the brain -- Psychiatry and illnesses of the mind -- Intelligence and sociality -- Toward a theory of emergent complexity.
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Location Status Medical CollectionWL300 2007S76eOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 1591024803
- 9781591024804