Understanding the Brain: From Cells to Behavior to Cognition - Hardcover

Dowling, John E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393712575 ISBN 13: 9780393712575

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

No reader curious about our little grey cells will want to pass up Harvard neuroscientist John E. Dowling s brief introduction to the brain. In this up-to-date revision of his 1998 book Creating Mind, Dowling conveys the essence and vitality of the field of neuroscience examining the progress we ve made in understanding how brains work, and shedding light on discoveries having to do with aging, mental illness, and brain health. The first half of the book provides the nuts-and-bolts necessary for an up-to-date understanding of the brain. Covering the general organization of the brain, early chapters explain how cells communicate with one another to enable us to experience the world. The rest of the book touches on higher-level concepts such as vision, perception, language, memory, emotion, and consciousness. Beautifully illustrated and lucidly written, this introduction elegantly reveals the beauty of the organ that makes us uniquely human.

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John E. Dowling is professor emeritus at Harvard University, and has done extensive research into the neurobiology of vision. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0393712575
• ISBN 13: 9780393712575
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 298
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