Title: Discovering the brain /
Authors: Ackerman, Sandra; Institute of Medicine (U.S.); National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academy Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: United States. Congresses.; Brain; Neurology; Neurobiology.; Brain
Abstract: This book is a "field guide" to the brain, an easy-to-read discussion of its physical structure and where functions such as language and music appreciation lie. The author offers an overview of what we know about the brain and what researchers may be able to accomplish in the next 10 years.--[book cover].
Contents: The promise of neuroscience -- Major structures and functions of the brain -- Glimpses of the living brain -- The role of the brain in mental illness -- From chemistry to circuitry -- The development and shaping of the brain -- From perception to attention -- Learning, recalling, and thinking -- Sizing up the promise.