Discovering the brain /

Main Author: Ackerman, Sandra.
Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1992.
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1231
Table of Contents:
  • The promise of neuroscience
  • Major structures and functions of the brain
  • Glimpses of the living brain
  • The role of the brain in mental illness
  • From chemistry to circuitry
  • The development and shaping of the brain
  • From perception to attention
  • Learning, recalling, and thinking
  • Sizing up the promise.