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The soul in the brain : the cerebral basis of language, art, and belief / Michael R. Trimble.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trimble, Michael R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Miscellanea.
- Brain.
- Neuropsychology.
- Language and culture.
- Neurobiology.
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With the sensitivity of a dedicated doctor and the curiosity of an accomplished scholar, Trimble offers an insightful analysis of how the study of people with paradigmatical neuropsychiatric conditions can be the cornerstone to unraveling some of the mysteries of the cerebral representations of our highest cultural experiences.
- Contents:
- Where did it all begin?
- The neuroanatomy of emotion
- Language and the human brain
- The other way of using language
- The breakdown of language
- Music and the brain
- Neurotheology I : epilepsy
- Neurotheology II : other neurological conditions
- God, music, and the poetry of the brain.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-277) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9236-8
- OCLC:
- 550604875
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