Mapping the mind
By: Rita Carter ; consultant, Christopher Frith
Contributors: Frith, Christopher D.
Publisher: Phoenix; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780753810194
Subjects: Neurophysiology; Psychophysiology; Human information processing
Description: This book shows how the latest scans, which reveal thoughts, memories - even our moods - as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones, can be used to help explain aspects of our behaviour, and how behavioural eccentricities can be traced to abnormalities in an individual brain. Dyslexia, for example, may be caused by a short-circuit in the messages converting sound to visual cues ; addiction, eating disorders and alcoholism stem from dysfunction in the brain's reward system ; violent criminals may begin life with a small neurological fault.
Notes: Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references 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.