How the brain works
By: by Mark Wm. Dubin.
Series: How it works series; How it works (Malden, Mass.)
Publisher: Blackwell Science
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Brain -- Popular works.
Genres: Popular works.
Description: "Students will find this book to be the perfect introduction to their neuroscience courses, as well as a quick review for exams; professionals will enjoy how this complex topic is addressed in a simple and straightforward manner; and the general reader will satisfy a basic curiosity about the brain and its role within the central nervous system."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Lecture 1. Components; title: Lecture 2. Exploring; title: Lecture 3. Sensing; title: Lecture 4. Acting; title: Lecture 5. Communicating; title: Lecture 6. Feeling; title: Lecture 7. Thinking; title: Lecture 8. Changing; title: Lecture 9. Being; title: Appendix I. Names and places; title: Appendix II. Terms for cognitive, behavorial, and neurologic disorders; title: Appendix III. Cranial nerves.