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The great brain debate : nature or nurture? / John E. Dowling.
LIBRA QP376 .D697 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dowling, John E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Popular works.
- Brain.
- Neurobiology.
- Neurobiology--Popular works.
- Brain--growth & development.
- Adult.
- Brain--physiology.
- Aging.
- Aging--physiology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Brain--growth & development.
- Brain.
- Adult.
- Brain--physiology.
- Aging.
- Aging--physiology.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Eminent professor and famed neuroscience researcher Dowling researches whether the development of the brain, personality, intelligence, and behavior are more likely to be shaped and affected by environment or genetic coding.
- Contents:
- Building a brain
- Maturing a brain
- Developing behaviors
- Teaching older dogs new tricks
- Controversy: new neurons; genes, and behavior
- Is aging of the brain a disease?
- Conclusions (and speculations).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-176) and index.
- ISBN:
- 030909223X
- OCLC:
- 56066342
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