MAPPING THE MIND by Rita Carter ( 9780753827956 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

MAPPING THE MIND

By:

Rita Carter

Format:

Paperback

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£14.99

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ISBN 10:

0753827956

ISBN 13:

9780753827956

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Publisher:

ORION PUBLISHING CO

Pub. date:

12 August, 2010

Pages:

384

Description:

'One of the clearest and best-illustrated attempts to explain the virtually inaccessible, the brain' SUNDAY TIMES

Synopsis:

'One of the clearest and best-illustrated attempts to explain the virtually inaccessible, the brain' SUNDAY TIMES Brain scans reveal our thoughts, memories - even our moods - as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones. We can watch a person's brain literally light up as it registers a joke, or glow dully when it recalls an unhappy memory. MAPPING THE MIND shows how these cans can be used to help explain aspects of our behaviour and how behavioural eccentricities can be traced to abnormalities in an individual brain. Dyslexia, for example, may be caused by a short-circuit in the messages converting sound to visual cues; addiction, eating disorders and alcoholism stem from dysfunction in the brain's reward system. In this acclaimed book Rita Carter draws on the latest in brain imaging to give extraordinary insights into how the brain works.

Illustrations:

Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. ports.

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Imprint:

Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )

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Returnable

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