The Scientific American book of the brain
By: the editors of Scientific American ; introduction by Antonio R. Damasio.
Contributors: Damasio, Antonio R.
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Cognitive neuroscience; Brain; Neuropsychology; Neuropsychiatry; Brain -- Diseases; Brain; Cognition; Neuropsychology
Other titles: Book of the brain; Scientific American.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The developing brain / Carla J. Shatz; title: The visual image in mind and brain / Semir Zeki; title: Brain and language / Antonio R. Damasio and Hanna Damasio; title: Visualizing the mind / Marcus E. Raichle; title: The general intelligence factor / Linda S. Gottfredson; title: The genetics of cognitive abilities and disabilities / Robert Plomin and John C. DeFries; title: Uncommon talents: gifted children, prodigies, and savants / Ellen Winner; title: Working memory and the mind / Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic; title: Emotion, memory, and the brain / Joseph E. LeDoux; title: Creating false memories / Elizabeth F. Loftus; title: The split brain revisited / Michael S. Gazzaniga; title: The biological basis of learning and individuality / Eric R. Kandel and Robert D. Hawkins; title: Sex differences in the brain / Doreen Kimura; title: Evidence for a biological influence in male homosexuality / Simon LeVay and Dean H. Hamer; title: The biological evidence challenged / William Byne; title: The neurobiology of fear / Ned H. Kalin; title: Seeking the criminal element / W. Wayt Gibbs; title: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder / Russell A. Barkley; title: Autism / Uta Frith; title: Understanding Parkinson's disease / Moussa B.H. Youdim and Peter Riederer; title: Amyloid protein and Alzheimer's disease / Dennis J. Selkoe; title: The neurobiology of depression / Charles B. Nemeroff; title: Manic-depressive illness and creativity / Kay Redfield Jamison; title: The puzzle of conscious experience / David J. Chalmers; title: Can science explain consciousness? / John Horgan; title: The problem of consciousness / Francis Crick and Christof Koch.