Discovering the brain / Sandra Ackerman for the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.

By: Ackerman, Sandra Contributor(s): Institute of Medicine (U.S.) | National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1992. Description: 1 online resource (vii, 180 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0585020043; 9780585020044; 9780309045292; 0309045290Subject(s): United States. Joint Resolution to Designate the Decade Beginning January 1, 1990, as the "Decade of the Brain" -- Congresses | États-Unis. Joint REsolution to Designate the Decade Beginning Januray 1, 1990, as the "Decade of the Brain" -- Congrès | Joint Resolution to Designate the Decade Beginning January 1, 1990, as the "Decade of the Brain" (United States) | Brain | Neurology | Neurobiology | Brain | Cerveau | Neurologie | Neurobiologie | MEDICAL -- Neuroscience | PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology | Brain | Neurobiology | Neurology | Neurobiologie | Aufsatzsammlung | Hirnfunktion | Hersenen | NeurobiologieGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. | Conference papers and proceedings. Additional physical formats: Print version:: Discovering the brain.DDC classification: 612.8/2 LOC classification: QP376 | .A23 1992ebNLM classification: WL 300Other classification: 44.90 Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

The promise of neuroscience -- Major structures and functions of the brain -- Glimpses of the living brain -- The role of the brain in mental illness -- From chemistry to circuitry -- The development and shaping of the brain -- From perception to attention -- Learning, recalling, and thinking -- Sizing up the promise.

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"Based on presentations at a July 1990 symposium organized by the Institute of Medicine and held in Washington, D.C."--Title page verso.

"This project was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health under contract number 278-90-0006 (OD)"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index.

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