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  Introducing Mind and Brain (Paperback) By (author) Angus Gellatly, Illustrated by Oscar Zarate

  

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  Short Description for Introducing Mind and BrainExplains what the sciences have to say about these topics. It traces the historical development of ideas about the brain and its function from antiquity to the age of neuro-imaging. Contrasting the seemingly bizarre consequences of head injury with the workaday triumphs of the healthy brain.
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  • Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
  • Published: 30 June 2005
  • Format: Paperback 176 pages
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  • Categories: Cognition & Cognitive Psychology | Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology | Medical Study & Revision Guides & Reference Material | Popular Psychology
  • ISBN 13: 9781840466386 ISBN 10: 1840466383
  • Sales rank: 385,382

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• This book examines a profound and mysterious puzzle: how does the biological tissue that makes up the brain give rise to the activities that our culture refers to as 'the mind'? How does the three pounds of electric sponge stowed in the top of your head allow you to experience enchantment in front of the evening landscape, and then make you remember the shopping, say 'Damn!' and head off to the supermarket? It explains what the sciences have to say about planning and action, language, memory, attention, emotions and vision. It traces the historical development of ideas about the brain and its function from antiquity to the age of neuro-imaging. Through a clear combination of words and images, the reader is invited to take a fresh look at the nature of mind, consciousness and personal identity.