How the brain works / by Mark Wm. Dubin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dubin, Mark Wm.

Series:

How it works (Malden, Mass.)

How it works

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Popular works.

Brain.

Brain--physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Brain--physiology.

Genre:

Popular works.

Physical Description:

vii, 125 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, [2002]

Summary:

Not just another standard introduction to neuroanatomy, How the Brain Works is an innovative and fun way to learn about the function and dysfunction of the central nervous system, as explained in nine easy-to-understand lectures.This exciting new addition to the How it Works series does away with the use of exhaustive details and tedious definitions to provide an understandable and scientifically sound overview of the human brain. This book is neither an outline nor a summary, but an informal approach to the relationship between physiology and manifest behavior, including all essential elements covered in most courses.Students will find this book to be the perfect introduction to their neuroscience courses, as well as a quick review for exam. Professionals will enjoy the way in which this complex topic is addressed in a simple and straightforward manner, and the general reader will satisfy a basic curiosity about the brain and its role within the central nervous system.

Contents:

Lecture 1. Components

Lecture 2. Exploring

Lecture 3. Sensing

Lecture 4. Acting

Lecture 5. Communicating

Lecture 6. Feeling

Lecture 7. Thinking

Lecture 8. Changing

Lecture 9. Being

Appendix I. Names & places

Appendix II. Terms for cognitive, behavorial, and neurologic disorders

Appendix III. Cranial nerves.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0632044411

OCLC:

46678567