| Edition |
Rev. and expanded. |
| Description |
265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Science times book of the brain. 1998. |
| Contents |
[Chapter 1] Making sense of the senses -- Powerhouse of senses, smell, at last it gets its due / Natalie Angier -- Brain locates source of sound with temporal, not spatial, clues / Sandra Blakeslee -- Seeing and imagining: Clues to the working of the mind's eye / Sandra Blakeslee -- Brain yeilds clues to its visual maps / Jane E. Brody -- A separate pathway slowly carries a caress to the brain's attention / Sandra Blakeslee -- How do you stop agonizing pain in an arm that no longer exists? A scientist does it with mirrors / Sandra Blakeslee -- [Chapter 2] The Machinery of Mood and emotions -- Tracing the brain's pathways for linking emotion and reason / Sandra Blakeslee -- New kind of memory found to preserve moments of emotion / Daniel Goleman -- Brain study examines rare woman / Sandra Blakeslee -- People haunted by anxiety appear to be short on a gene / Natalie Angier -- Provoking a patient's worst fears to determine the brain's role / Daniel Goleman -- How brain may weigh the world with simple dopamine system / Sandra Blakeslee -- Brain images of addiction in action show its neural basis / Daniel Goleman -- Does testosterone equal aggression? Maybe not / Natalie Angier -- The brain manages happiness and sadness in different centers / Daniel Goleman -- [Chapter 3] The Making of memories -- "Hole" in tumor patient's memory reveals brain'd odd filing system / Philip J. Hilts --Brain's memory system comes into focus / Philip J. Hilts -- In research scans, telltale signs sort false memories from true / Philip J. Hilts -- Biologists find site of working memory / Daniel Goleman -- Severe trauma may damage the brain as well as the psyche / Daniel Goleman -- Doctors record signals of brain cells linked to memory / Nicholas Wade -- Very smart fruit flies yield clues to the molecular basis of memory / Ingrid Wickelgren -- Two studies suggest sleep is vital in consolidating memories / Sandra Blakeslee -- [Chapter 4] Language and the Brain -- Traffic jams in the brain networks may result in verbal stumbles / Sandra Blakeslee -- Workings of split brain challenge notions of how language evolved / Sandra Blakeslee -- "Glasses for the ears" easing childrens laguage woes / Sandra Blakeslee -- Linguists debate study classifying language as innate human skill / Gina Kolata -- Chimp talk debate: Is it really language? / Geroge Johnson -- [Chapter 5] Studies show talking with infants shapes basis of ability to think / Sandra Blakeslee -- In brain's early growth, timetable may be crucial / Sandra Blakeslee -- Finding elusive factors that help wire up brain / Natalie Angier -- Evolution of tabby cat mapped in brain study / Sandra Blakeslee -- Rare gene flaw may help explain shaping of brain in womb / Natalie Angier -- A brain cell surprise: Genes don't set function / Natalie Angier -- [Chapter 6] Daily Rhythms ans sleep -- Modern liffe suppresses an ancient body rhythm / Natalie Angier -- A mouse helps explain what makes us tick / Nicholas Wade -- Scientists reports the discovery of a brain "switch" that brings on sleep / Sandra Blakeslee -- Mystery of sleep yields as studies reveal immune tie / Sandra Blakeslee -- [Chapter 7] Sexual differences in te brain -- Man's world, woman's world? Brain studies point to differences / Gina Kolata -- Study links brain to transsexuality / Natalie Angier -- Report suggests Homosexuality is linked to genes / Natalie Angier -- [Chapter 8] The nature of dreams and consciousness -- Nerve cell rhythm may be key to consciousness / Sandra Blakeslee -- Clues to the irrational nature of dreams / Sandra Blakeslee -- How the brain might work: A new theory of consciousness / Sandra Blakeslee -- The conscious mind is still baffling to experts of all stripes / Sandra Blakeslee -- [Chapter 9] The latest from the field -- Joe Z. Tsien; Of smart mice and an even smarter man / Nicholas Wade -- "Rewired" Ferrets overturn theories of brain growth / Sandra Blakeslee -- When people see a sound and hear a color / Erica Goode -- A decade of discovery yields a shock about the brain / Sandra Blakeslee -- |
| Subject |
Brain -- Popular works.
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Brain. |
| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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| Subject |
Neuropsychology -- Popular works.
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Neuropsychology. |
| Added Author |
Wade, Nicholas.
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New York Times Company.
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| Added Title |
Book of the brain |
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Science times book of the brain.
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| ISBN |
1585745324 paperback $16.95 |
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