Brainscapes: An Introduction to What Neuroscience Has Learned About the Structure, Function, and Abilities of theBrain (Discover Book)

Restak, Richard

ISBN 10: 0786861134 / ISBN 13: 9780786861132

Verlag: Hyperion, 1995

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Brainscapes: An Introduction to What Neuroscience Has Learned About the Structure, Function, and Abilities of theBrain (Discover Book)
• Verlag: Hyperion
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0786861134
• ISBN-13: 9780786861132
• Einband: hardcover
• Zustand: New
• Gewicht: 12 Unzen

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Inhaltsangabe

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.