Brainscapes: An Introduction to What Neuroscience Has Learned about the Structure, Function, and Abilities of the Brain

Restak, Richard,

ISBN 10: 0786861134 / ISBN 13: 9780786861132

Editore: Hyperion, 1995

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Hardcover; light fading, light shelf wear to exterior; otherwise in very good condition with clean text, firm binding. Dust jacket, light fading, shelf wear.

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• Titolo: Brainscapes: An Introduction to What Neuroscience Has Learned about the Structure, Function, and Abilities of the Brain
• Editore: Hyperion
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0786861134
• ISBN 13: 9780786861132
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: UsedVeryGood
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta

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Riassunto

Brainscapes illuminates the structure and components of the brain; how it operates consciously and unconsciously; how brain cells communicate with one another and with other parts of the body; the astonishing progress being made in pharmacology to control neurotransmitters and thus modify personality, behavior, and emotion; the genetic underpinnings of many neurological disorders; how technology is providing revolutionary new ways to study parts of the brain; how environmental toxins may be responsible for a number of neurological diseases; and how our new understanding of the brain will affect our perceptions of everything from personality to notions of morality.
Brainscapes is an ideal introduction for the lay reader to the source of all that makes us human.

Informazioni sull?autore

Richard M. Restak, M.D., serves on the advisory councils of the National Brain Tumor Foundation; Office of Interdisciplinary Studies - The Smithsonian Institute; and the United States Congress-sponsored New Developments in Neuroscience Project.