The evolving brain : the known and the unknown / R. Grant Steen.

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2007.

437 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

The anthill of the brain -- Conduction and connection -- The sensation of change -- The "dinosaur" brain -- The "human" brain -- The psychology of learning -- The biological basis of memory -- Brain plasticity and neural stem cells -- Consciousness -- Altered states -- Emotion and the social brain -- Motivation and the social mind -- Genes, environment, and human behavior -- Neurology and illnesses of the brain -- Psychiatry and illnesses of the mind -- Intelligence and sociality -- Toward a theory of emergent complexity.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-426) and index.