The Brain: A Beginner's Guide
by Al-Chalabi, AmmarFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-01-30
Publisher(s): Pgw
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Summary
Turner and Delamont cover all the key areas, including the anatomy and development of the brain and how the sensory and nervous systems work. They also explore perception, language and memory, and consider how a better understanding of the brain could solve major questions such as What is consciousness?
Author Biography
Ammar Al-Chalabi is an Honorary Consultant Neurologist at King's College Hospital, and a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, London Martin R. Turner is a Specialist Registrar in Neurology at The Radcliffe Infirmary, and Tutorial Fellow at Green College, Oxford University R. Shane Delamont is a Consultant Neurologist at King's College Hospital
Table of Contents
| List of plates | p. viii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgements | p. x |
| Introducing the brain | p. 1 |
| Introduction: in the beginning... | p. 3 |
| The history of the human brain - so it does do something after all | p. 5 |
| The evolution of the brain - how the brain came to be | p. 11 |
| Nerves - the body electric | p. 21 |
| Making a brain and mind from one cell | p. 33 |
| The development of the brain - growing a nervous system | p. 35 |
| The anatomy of the brain - understanding the grand plan | p. 44 |
| The supporting structures of the brain - what a brain needs to survive | p. 62 |
| The development of behaviour and reasoning - learning to be human | p. 69 |
| Having and using a brain as an adult | p. 83 |
| Consciousness - the ultimate mystery | p. 85 |
| Memory - putting the past in perspective | p. 98 |
| Sleep - bedtime for the brain | p. 106 |
| The motor system - making movement and motion | p. 115 |
| The sensory system - feel the world | p. 122 |
| The visuospatial system - making light work | p. 130 |
| Language, hearing and music - making sense of sound | p. 138 |
| Emotions and the limbic system - the heart and the head | p. 150 |
| Investigating the brain - discovering the diagnosis | p. 157 |
| Living for ever - the fountain of youth | p. 167 |
| The end? | p. 173 |
| Appendices | p. 175 |
| Eric Chudler's brain facts and figures | p. 177 |
| Glossary | p. 193 |
| Further reading | p. 201 |
| Index | p. 202 |
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