The Brain Takes Shape An Early History Robert L Martensen Oxford University Press 2004 Hardback Illustrated
Using historical and anthropological perspectives to examine mind-body relationships in western thought, this book interweaves topics that are usuallyUsing historical and anthropological perspectives to examine mind-body relationships in western thought, this book interweaves topics that are usually disconnected to tell a big, important story in the histories of medicine, science, philosophy, religion, and political rhetoric. The book's concluding chapter discusses how debates over investigative methods and models of body order that first raged over 300 years ago continue to influence biomedicine and the broader culture today. No other book on western mind-body relationships has attempted this....more
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Memory in the Cerebral Cortex An Empirical Approach to Neural Networks in the Human and Nonhuman Primate Joaquin M Fuster MIT 1999 Paperback Illustrated
Neural memory remains largely a mystery despite all the attention it has received. Prompted by this observation, Joaquin M. Fuster presents the insighNeural memory remains largely a mystery despite all the attention it has received. Prompted by this observation, Joaquin M. Fuster presents the insights of more than three decades of empirical research on the neural processes by which memory is formed, stored and retrieved. This text focuses on the neocortex, where individual memory is deposited and represented, and offers a new taxonomy of memory that should accommodate the rapidly changing nature of the field and the various disciplines involved....more
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The Harvard Guide to Psychiatry Third edition Armand M Nicholi (Edited by) Harvard University Press 1999 Hardback
Published in 1999, this revised edition of a classic textbook provides a lucid and erudite review of the state of psychiatry at that time. The book isPublished in 1999, this revised edition of a classic textbook provides a lucid and erudite review of the state of psychiatry at that time. The book is in six parts - Examination and Evaluation, Brain and Behaviour, Psychopathology, Principles of Treatment and Management, Special Populations and Psychiatry and Society - and the focus throughout is on the relationship between physician and patient. ...more
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