Description |
vi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Series |
Gifford lectures ; 1975-77 |
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Gifford lectures ; 1975-77
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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 |
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Higher nervous activity |
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Mind and body |
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Brain / physiology |
Notes |
Includes indexes |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-287) and indexes |
Subject |
Brain -- Physiology.
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Brain.
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Higher nervous activity.
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Mind and body.
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Brain -- physiology.
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LC no. |
78040443 |
ISBN |
0198575459 |
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9780198575450 |
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