Title Programs of the brain : based on the Gifford lectures, 1975-7 / J.Z. Young

Published Oxford [Eng.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1978 Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1978] ©1978

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Description vi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Series Gifford lectures ; 1975-77 Gifford lectures ; 1975-77 Contents What's in a brain?-- Programs of the brain -- Living and choosing -- Growing, repairing, and ageing -- Beginning -- Evolving -- Controlling, coding, and communicating -- Repeating -- Unfolding -- Learning, remembering, and forgetting -- Touching, feeling, and hurting -- Seeing -- Needing, nourishing, and valuing -- Loving and caring -- Fearing, hating, and fighting -- Hearing, speaking, and writing -- Knowing and thinking -- Sleeping, dreaming, and consciousness -- Helping, commanding, and obeying -- Enjoying, playing, and creating -- Believing and worshipping -- Concluding and continuing Analysis Brain Higher nervous activity Mind and body Brain / physiology Notes Includes indexes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-287) and indexes Subject Brain -- Physiology. Brain. Higher nervous activity. Mind and body. Brain -- physiology. LC no. 78040443 ISBN 0198575459 9780198575450

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