The brain /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Partridge, Kenneth, 1980-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : H.W. Wilson, 2009.
Series:Reference shelf ; v. 81, no. 1.
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505 0 |a I. Structure, functions, and historic approaches to study -- The strange anatomy of the brain / David Bainbridge -- Brainbox -- In our messy, reptilian brains / Sharon Begley -- II. Mapping the mind: advances in brain-imaging technology -- The new brain / Richard Restak -- Unlocking the secrets of the brain: part 1 ; Unlocking the secrets of the brain: part 2 / Tabitha M. Powledge -- MRI: a window on the brain / Paul Raeburn -- The economics of brains / Gregory T. Huang -- III. Works in progress: brain development from infancy to adulthood -- Shaping the brains of tomorrow / Ross A. Thompson -- How the arts develop the young brain / David Sousa -- The teenage brain / Nora Underwood -- When does your brain stop making new neurons? / Sharon Begley -- IV. How the brain processes language -- Addressing literacy through neuroscience / Steve Miller and Paula A. Tallal -- Mapping metaphor / Kenneth W. Krause -- The correlation between brain development, language acquisition, and cognition / Leslie Haley Wasserman -- Brains show two sides of language function / Bruce Bower -- V. The brain and aging -- The disappearing mind / Geoffrey Cowley -- The brain in winter ; The upside of aging / Sharon Begley -- The outlook for Alzheimer's disease / Tyler A. Kokjohn and Kimbal E. Cooper -- Neuron killers / Tina Hesman Saey -- Keeping your brain fit / Christine Larson -- VI. The "hard problem": efforts to understand human consciousness -- What makes up my mind? / Joel Achenbach -- The mystery of consciousness / Steven Pinker -- Brains wide shut? / Patricia Churchland -- Is there room for the soul? / Jay Tolson -- Consciousness in the raw / Bruce Bower. 
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