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The Functions of the brain / by David Ferrier.

Rochester studies in medical history

vi, 310 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

The history of the brain and mind sciences : technique, technology, therapy / edited by Stephen T. Casper and Delia Gavrus.

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

The science of mind / [edited by] Kenneth A. Klivington ; scientific advisors, Floyd Bloom [and others].

Matter of mind : a neurologist's view of brain-behavior relationships / Kenneth M. Heilman.

<p>The basic functions of the brain are explained and illustrated by means of laboratory demonstrations, X-ray footage, specimens and animation.</p>

1 videocassette (VHS) (16 min.) : sound, color, PAL.

The human body : the brain.

<p>Prof. Gerald Edelman (b. 1929)(University of Pennsylvania), Nobel Laureate in Physiology (1972), explains why he rejects the popular comparison of the human brain with a computer. Turning to Darwin's theory of natural selection, and drawing on his own work on how antibodies are produced by the immune system, he evolved a theory of neural selection as a key to the way in which the brain builds up memory and patterns of behaviour. To compare the brain to a computer is too suggestive of a passive reception of input, whereas constant interaction is necessary to make sense of the world. Edelman's NOMAD robot demonstrates how the brain reacts to new experiences in an increasingly complex environment, evaluating them, and strengthening its synaptic connections so that the "positive" experiences are drawn into its patterns of behaviour. This neural selection theory explains how we build up complex skills without being pre- programmed for them.</p>

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The man who made up his mind.

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The history of the brain and mind sciences : technique, technology, therapy / edited by Stephen T. Casper and Delia Gavrus.

The science of mind / [edited by] Kenneth A. Klivington ; scientific advisors, Floyd Bloom [and others].

Matter of mind : a neurologist's view of brain-behavior relationships / Kenneth M. Heilman.

The human body : the brain.

The man who made up his mind.

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Brain - physiology

Images

Catalogue

The history of the brain and mind sciences : technique, technology, therapy / edited by Stephen T. Casper and Delia Gavrus.

The science of mind / [edited by] Kenneth A. Klivington ; scientific advisors, Floyd Bloom [and others].

Matter of mind : a neurologist's view of brain-behavior relationships / Kenneth M. Heilman.

The human body : the brain.

The man who made up his mind.

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