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The nervous system. The neuron doctrine. Glial cells. The nervous impulse. Synaptic transmission. Sensory perception. Movement. Topographic mapping. Specialized brain regions. Brain asymmetry. Mirror neurons. The connectome. Embodied cognition. Bodily awareness. Free will. Sex differences. Personality. Brain-damaged patients. The theatre of consciousness. Consciousness disorders. Attention. Working memory. Learning and memory. Mental time travel. Memory (re)consolidation. Decision-making. Reward and motivation. Language processing. Executive function. Cell migration. Cell death. Synaptic pruning. Neuroplasticity. Adolescence. Stress and the brain. The ageing brain. Neurodegeneration. Adult neurogenesis. Epigenetics. Default mode. Brain-wave oscillations. Prediction error. Neural stem cells. Brain stimulation. Cognitive enhancement. Brain scanning. Decoding. Brain-computer interfacing. Neuroscience and the law. Neuroethics.
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