The human mind explained : an owner's guide to the mysteries of the mind / Susan A. Greenfield, general editor.

Other author Greenfield, Susan.
Format Book
Edition1st American ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Henry Holt, 1996.
Description192 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Subjects

SeriesA Henry Holt reference book
Henry Holt reference book. ^A682569
Contents Surveying the mind -- What is the brain? -- Discovering the brain -- The working mind -- Comparing brains -- Inside the mind -- Electronic minds -- Discovering through damage -- Probing the mind -- The view from outside -- Brain map 1 -- Brain map 2 -- Map of functions -- Map of chemicals -- Building the brain -- Building blocks -- Support and protection -- The brain's cells -- The electric cell -- To fire or not to fire? -- Sending signals -- Crossing the gap -- The gap gallery -- On or off -- Unlocking the gate -- Discovering transmitters -- Remaking the mind -- Recovering from damage -- Food for thought -- The brain plan -- The developing brain -- The cell factory -- Linking up -- The aging brain -- Inputs and outputs -- Body links -- The long junction -- On the move -- Guided motion -- Seeing the light -- Contrasting views -- Levels of seeing -- Active vision -- Sensing sound -- The mind's ear -- Sense of touch -- Pain pathways -- Feeling pain -- A matter of taste -- On the scent -- The primal sense -- Staying upright -- The big picture -- Keeping control -- Dealing with drives -- Rhythms of the mind -- Survival sense -- Far horizons -- The evolving mind -- Conditioning the mind -- The infinite store? -- Active memory -- Meeting of minds -- Word power -- Parallel minds -- Having ideas -- First thoughts -- Learning to be human -- Milestones of the mind -- Male and female -- Thinking together -- States of mind -- Emotional states -- The unique self -- Being aware -- The resting mind? -- Abnormal states -- Talking cures -- Physical cures -- Feeling low -- The mind adrift -- Anxious states -- Fears and fixations -- The failing mind -- Drugs of abuse -- Motivation -- The moral mind -- Individual minds.
Abstract This guide to the mysteries of the human brain ponders the complexities of the mind, as well as examining consciousness, imagination, fantasy, memory, language, and other topics.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 186) and index.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN 96006139
ISBN080504499X (alk. paper)
ISBN9780805044997 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Laupus Books - Stacks BF 431 H918 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold