User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain (Age of Unreason) - Hardcover

Ratey, John J.; Galaburda, Albert M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679453091 ISBN 13: 9780679453093

Publisher: Pantheon Books, 2001

Synopsis

An accessible resource to the structure and chemistry of the brain explains how its systems shape our perceptions, feelings, and behaviors while outlining his theory of the dynamic interaction between the four major brain systems. 40,000 first printing.

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About the Author

John J. Ratey, M.D., is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is the co-author of Driven to Distraction, Answers to Distraction, and Shadow Syndromes. He lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

From the Inside Flap

t time ever, discoveries in our under-
standing of the brain are changing anthropology, linguistics,
philosophy, and psychology--indeed, the brain itself may become a catalyst for transforming the very nature of these inquiries.
In A User's Guide to the Brain, Dr. John Ratey, best-selling co-author of Driven to Distraction, explains in lucid detail and with perfect clarity the basic structure and chemistry of the brain: how
its systems shape our perceptions, emotions, actions, and reactions; how possession of this knowledge can enable us to more fully understand and improve our lives; and how the brain
responds to the guidance of its user. He draws on examples from his own practice, from research, and from everyday life to
illuminate aspects of the brain's functioning, among them
prenatal and early childhood development; the perceptual
systems; the processes of consciousness, memory, emotion, and language; and the social brain.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679453091
• ISBN 13: 9780679453093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 404