Brainscapes: An Introduction to What Neuroscience Has Learned About the Structure, Function, and Abilities of the Brain

Restak, Richard M.

ISBN 10: 0786861134 / ISBN 13: 9780786861132

Published by Hyperion Books, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1995

About this Item

(1st edition, 1st ptg.) Slightly smaller book, black cloth spine, gray boards, very bright silver lettering on spine, dark gray inside covers and adjacent end papers, 149 pages. DJ glossy black and green with illustration of brain on front, praise on back from New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and others. DJ and book, both As New.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brainscapes: An Introduction to What Neuroscience Has Learned About the Structure, Function, and Abilities of the Brain
• Publisher: Hyperion Books, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786861134
• ISBN 13: 9780786861132
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science

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Synopsis

Brainscapes illuminates the structure and components of the brain; how it operates consciously and unconsciously; how brain cells communicate with one another and with other parts of the body; the astonishing progress being made in pharmacology to control neurotransmitters and thus modify personality, behavior, and emotion; the genetic underpinnings of many neurological disorders; how technology is providing revolutionary new ways to study parts of the brain; how environmental toxins may be responsible for a number of neurological diseases; and how our new understanding of the brain will affect our perceptions of everything from personality to notions of morality.
Brainscapes is an ideal introduction for the lay reader to the source of all that makes us human.

About the Author

Richard M. Restak, M.D., serves on the advisory councils of the National Brain Tumor Foundation; Office of Interdisciplinary Studies - The Smithsonian Institute; and the United States Congress-sponsored New Developments in Neuroscience Project.