Mapping the mind
By: Rita Carter ; consultant, Christopher Frith
Contributors: Frith, Christopher D.
Edition: [2nd ed.], rev. and updated ed.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780520266285
Subjects: Brain mapping; Popular works
Description: Today a brain scan reveals our thoughts and moods as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones. We can actually observe a person's brain registering a joke or experiencing a painful memory. In Mapping the Mind, award-winning journalist Rita Carter draws on the latest imaging technology and science to chart how human behavior and personality reflect the biological mechanisms behind thought and emotion. This acclaimed book, a complete visual guide to the coconut-sized, wrinkled gray mass we carry around inside our heads, has now been completely revised and updated throughout. Among many other topics, Carter explores obsessions and addictions, the differences between men's and women's brains, and memory.
Notes: Edition statement from p. 6.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: The emerging landscape; title: The great divide; title: Beneath the surface; title: A changeable climate; title: A world of one's own; title: Crossing the chasm; title: States of mind; title: Higher ground.