The Functions of the brain
By: by David Ferrier
Publisher: Smith, Elder & Co.
Published: 1876
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Brain; Localization of functions; Neurophysiology
Description: "My chief object in this book has been to present to the student of physiology or psychology a systematic exposition of the bearing of my own experiments on the functions of the brain. To do this satisfactorily I have thought it necessary to consider the functions of the cerebro-spinal system in general, with the view more especially of pointing out the mutual relations between the higher and the lower nerve centres. Throughout I have aimed at a concise digest rather than an encyclopedic account of the various researches by which our knowledge of the brain and spinal cord have been built up"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)