Discovering the brain

Discovering the brain

by Ackerman, Sandra

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Discovering the brain / Sandra Ackerman for the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1992.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):National Academy Press
  • Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1992.

Notes

"Based on presentations at a July 1990 symposium organized by the Institute of Medicine and held in Washington, D.C."--Title page verso.

"This project was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health under contract number 278-90-0006 (OD)"--Title page verso.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (vii, 180 pages) : : illustrations (some color)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0585020043, 9780585020044
  • oclc:on1053004171
  • LC Classification:QP376
  • Dewey Decimal:612.8/2

Table of Contents

The promise of neuroscience -- Major structures and functions of the brain -- Glimpses of the living brain -- The role of the brain in mental illness -- From chemistry to circuitry -- The development and shaping of the brain -- From perception to attention -- Learning, recalling, and thinking -- Sizing up the promise.

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