Mapping the Mind - Softcover

Carter, Rita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520266285 ISBN 13: 9780520266285

Publisher: University of California Press, 2010

Synopsis

Today a brain scan reveals our thoughts and moods as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones. We can actually observe a person’s brain registering a joke or experiencing a painful memory. In Mapping the Mind, award-winning journalist Rita Carter draws on the latest imaging technology and science to chart how human behavior and personality reflect the biological mechanisms behind thought and emotion. This acclaimed book, a complete visual guide to the coconut-sized, wrinkled gray mass we carry around inside our heads, has now been completely revised and updated throughout. Among many other topics, Carter explores obsessions and addictions, the differences between men’s and women’s brains, and memory.

• Comprehensively updated for this edition with the latest research, case studies, and contributions from distinguished scientists

• Addresses recent controversies over behavior prediction and prevention

• Includes new information on mirror neurons, unconscious cognition, and abnormalities in attention spans

About this title

About the Author

Twice awarded the Medical Journalists’ Association prize, Rita Carter is a science and medical writer based in the United Kingdom. She is the author of Exploring Consciousness (UC Press) and Multiplicity: The New Science of Personality, Identity, and the Self, among other books.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520266285
• ISBN 13: 9780520266285
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224