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Intelligence, love and hate, the daily rhythms of the body, sleep and dreams, schizophrenia, and drug addiction are all linked to the functions of the brain. But how? The Science of Mind examines what we know about the mind, the brain, and mind-brain connections by relating a series of fascinating discoveries that have resulted from explosive growth in neuroscience research.
In hundreds of illustrations - many in full color - and through the insights of leading neuroscientists, Kenneth Klivington has orchestrated and captured the excitement that new techniques and years of painstaking experimentation have brought to brain research. Pathways of nerve fibers in the brain can now be mapped in minute detail, such cognitive functions as learning and memory can be investigated at the cellular and molecular levels, and the molecular details of the development of the brain can be studied using the powerful new techniques of genetic engineering.
The Science of Mind illuminates recent research that has begun to reveal clues to mysteries of all sorts: how the brain "sees" with the information it receives from the eyes, how the brain controls movement, what messages brain cells use to communicate, how the complexity of the adult brain arises from the simple embryo and what happens to the brain as it ages, how the interplay of heredity and the environment influences the development of the brain, the functional differences between male and female brains, how brain damage reveals subtle secrets of its operations.
Kenneth Klivington established and directed the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation programs in neuroscience and in cognitive science. He is currently Assistant to the President, Scientific Planning, at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego.
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The nature of the mind and its connection with the brain is the subject of this magnificently illustrated overview of neuroscience. Among the topics discussed are emotions, memory, biorhythms, attention, and the senses. Over 30 scientists have contributed brief articles describing current brain research. Their findings suggest that while new ways of looking at the mind are yielding some fascinating clues, there are still enormous gaps in our knowledge. The book's illustrations are extraordinary, more accessible to the lay reader than the text, which is often sophisticated and most appropriate for the reader with a solid background in science. For academic and large public libraries.
- Laurie Bartolini, Lincoln Lib., Springfield, Ill.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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