| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 365 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Britannica guide series |
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Britannica guide series.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Questions from the frontier of knowledge / Cordelia Fine -- pt. 1: What is the brain?. The brain: a guided tour -- How the brain works -- Looking at the brain -- What is psychology? -- pt 2: Memory, intelligence and the mind. Behaviour and emotions -- Memory and language -- Intelligence- human and artificial -- The science of sleep -- The mind and consciousness -- pt. 3: What happens when things go wrong?. Illness and therapy -- Mental disorders -- Drugs and the brain -- The ageing brain -- On the cutting edge of brain research |
| Summary |
The Brain is part of the Britannica Guide Series that offers reassessing what we really know. The Britannica Guides series offers an essential introduction to many of the key issues of our time. Clear, accurate, and meticulously researched, the series gives both background and analysis for when you need to know for sure what is really happening in the world, whether you are an expert, student, or traveler |
| Notes |
Includes glossary and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Brain -- Popular works
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Brain
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fine, Cordelia.
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| ISBN |
9781593392260 |
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1593392265 |
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