Mind and brain : readings from Scientific American magazine.

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[1993], ©1993
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New York : W. H. Freeman, [1993], ©1993.

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viii, 147 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes

"The eleven chapters and the epilogue in this book originally appeared as articles and the closing essay in the Sept. 1992 issue of Scientific American"--T.p. verso

Contents

Mind and brain / Gerald D. Fischbach -- The developing brain / Carla J. Shatz -- The visual image in mind and brain / Semir Zeki -- The biological basis of learning and individuality / Eric R. Kandel and Robert D. Hawkins -- Brain and language / Antonio R. Damasio and Hanna Damasio -- Working memory and the mind / Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic -- Sex differences in the brain / Doreen Kimura -- Major disorders of mind and brain / Elliot S. Gershon and Ronald O. Rieder -- Aging brain, aging mind / Dennis J. Selkoe -- How neural networks learn from experience / Geoffrey E. Hinton -- The problem of consciousness / Francis Crick and Christof Koch -- Epilogue : trouble in mind / Jonathan Miller.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-142) and index

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