Neuroscience for dummies

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Neuroscience For Dummies gives the reader an understanding of the brain's structure and function, as well as a look into the relationship between memory, learning, emotions, and the brain. Providing insight into the biology of mental illness and a glimpse at future treatments and applications of neuroscience.

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Full title :Neuroscience for dummies / by Frank Amthor.

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Publication Date:cop. 2012.

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Publisher(s):Wiley
Place of Publication:Mississauga (Ontario)
Language:eng
Publication Date:cop. 2012.

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Description:XVIII, 366 str. : : ilustr. ; : 24 cm.

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ISBN:9781118086865, 1118086864
oclc:ocn922858229
Dewey Decimal:612.8/2

Introduction -- Introducing your nervous system. A quick trip through the nervous system -- All about the brain and the spinal cord -- Understanding how neurons work -- Translating the internal and external world through your senses. Feeling your way: the skin senses -- Looking at vision -- Sounding off: the auditory system -- Odors and taste -- Moving right along: motor systems. Movement basics -- Coordinating things more: the spinal cord and pathways -- Planning and executing actions -- Unconscious actions with big implications -- Intelligence: the thinking brain and consciousness. Understanding intelligence, consciousness, and emotions -- How the brain processes thoughts -- The executive brain -- Learning and memory -- Developing and modifying brain circuits: plasticity -- Neural dysfunctions, mental illness, and drugs that affect the brain -- The part of tens. Ten crucial brain structures -- Ten tricks of neurons that make them do what they do -- Ten amazing facts about the brain -- Ten promising treatments for the future.

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