The evolving brain : the known and the unknown /
The human brain is arguably the most complex object in the universe. With about 100 billion neurons, each of which makes perhaps 10,000 synapses, our incredible central processing unit is capable of roughly 1,000 trillion interconnections. What do scientists know about how this amazingly complex org...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The evolving brain : |b the known and the unknown / |c R. Grant Steen. |
| 260 | |a Amherst, N.Y. : |b Prometheus Books, |c c2007. | ||
| 300 | |a 437 p. : |b ill. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-426) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The anthill of the brain -- Conduction and connection -- The sensation of change -- The "dinosaur" brain -- The "human" brain -- The psychology of learning -- The biological basis of memory -- Brain plasticity and neural stem cells -- Consciousness -- Altered states -- Emotion and the social brain -- Motivation and the social mind -- Genes, environment, and human behavior -- Neurology and illnesses of the brain -- Psychiatry and illnesses of the mind -- Intelligence and sociality -- Toward a theory of emergent complexity. | |
| 520 | |a The human brain is arguably the most complex object in the universe. With about 100 billion neurons, each of which makes perhaps 10,000 synapses, our incredible central processing unit is capable of roughly 1,000 trillion interconnections. What do scientists know about how this amazingly complex organ functions? Is it even possible to unravel all of its mysteries? In this comprehensive book on the science of the brain, distinguished neurophysiologist R. Grant Steen provides us with a crash course on how the brain works. | ||
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| 650 | 1 | 2 | |a Brain |x physiology. |
| 650 | 1 | 2 | |a Neuropsychology. |
| 650 | 2 | 2 | |a Biological Evolution. |
| 650 | 2 | 2 | |a Mental Processes |x physiology. |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Steen, R. Grant. |t Evolving brain. |d Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2007 |w (OCoLC)665219684 |
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