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050 0 0 _aQP376
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245 0 4 _aThe brain /
_cedited by Kenneth Partridge.
260 _aNew York :
_bH.W. Wilson Co.,
_c2009.
300 _aviii, 193 p. ;
_c26 cm.
490 1 _aThe reference shelf ;
_vv. 81, no. 1
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-189) and index.
505 0 _aI. Structure, functions, and historic approaches to study -- The strange anatomy of the brain / David Bainbridge -- Brainbox -- In our messy, reptilian brains / Sharon Begley -- II. Mapping the mind: advances in brain-imaging technology -- The new brain / Richard Restak -- Unlocking the secrets of the brain: part 1 / Tabitha M. Powledge -- Unlocking the secrets of the brain: part 2 / Tabitha M. Powledge -- MRI: a window on the brain / Paul Raeburn -- The economics of brains / Gregory T. Huang -- III. Works in progress: brain development from infancy to adulthood -- Shaping the brains of tomorrow / Ross A. Thompson -- How the arts develop the young brain / David Sousa -- The teenage brain / Nora Underwood -- When does your brain stop making new neurons? / Sharon Begley -- IV. How the brain processes language -- Addressing literacy through neuroscience / Steve Miller and Paula A. Tallal -- Mapping metaphor / Kenneth W. Krause -- The correlation between brain development, language acquisition, and cognition / Leslie Haley Wasserman -- Brains show two sides of language function / Bruce Bower -- V. The brain and aging -- The disappearing mind / Geoffrey Cowley -- The brain in winter / Sharon Begley -- The upside of aging / Sharon Begley -- The outlook for Alzheimer's disease / Tyler A. Kokjohn and Kimbal E. Cooper -- Neuron killers / Tina Hesman Saey -- Keeping your brain fit / Christine Larson -- VI. The "hard problem": efforts to understand human consciousness -- What makes up my mind? / Joel Achenbach -- The mystery of consciousness / Steven Pinker -- Brains wide shut? / Patricia Churchland -- Is there room for the soul? / Jay Tolson -- Consciousness in the raw / Bruce Bower.
650 0 _aBrain
_xPhysiology.
700 1 _aPartridge, Kenneth,
_d1980-
830 0 _aReference shelf ;
_vv. 81, no. 1.
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