Discovering the Brain

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Size: 194 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1992

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by Sandra Ackerman for the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
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The brain . . . no other part of the human anatomy is so intriguing. How does it develop and function, and why does it sometimes tragically degenerate? The answers are complex. In Discovering the Brain, science writer Sandra Ackerman ...
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Front Matter	i-x
1 The Promise of Neuroscience	1-12	(skim)
2 Major Structures and Functions of the Brain	13-33	(skim)
3 Glimpses of the Living Brain	34-45	(skim)
4 The Role of the Brain in Mental Illness	46-66	(skim)
5 From Chemistry to Circuitry	67-85	(skim)
6 The Development and Shaping of the Brain	86-103	(skim)
7 From Perception to Attention	104-122	(skim)
8 Learning, Recalling, and Thinking	123-144	(skim)
9 Sizing Up the Promise	145-158	(skim)
Suggested Readings	159-160	(skim)
Acknowledgments	161-164	(skim)
Proclamation	165-168	(skim)
Index	169-180	(skim)
Color Plates	181-184	(skim)

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The brain . . . no other part of the human anatomy is so intriguing. How does it develop and function, and why does it sometimes tragically degenerate? The answers are complex. In Discovering the Brain, science writer Sandra Ackerman cuts through the complexity to bring this vital topic to the public, detailing what we know about the brain and what researchers may be able to accomplish in the next 10 years.

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"Discovering the Brain ... looks like a certain hit." --Scientific American

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