Neuroscience For Dummies 3rd Edition

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1394171234
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781394171231
• Author: Frank Amthor 

Neuroscience For Dummies introduces you to the mind-boggling study of the human brain. It tracks to the content of a typical introductory neuroscience class at the college level —and it’s perfect for anyone curious about what makes us tick. New technologies and an explosion of research have completely transformed our understanding of memory, depression, the mind-body connection, learning, and genetics. This updated edition—still in classic, beginner-friendly Dummies style—covers the latest research advances and technologies in the field of neuroscience. Put some knowledge about the brain into your brain.

Table contents:

Part 1: Introducing the Nervous System

Chapter 1: A Quick Trip through the Nervous System

Chapter 2: All about the Brain and Spinal Cord

Chapter 3: Understanding How Neurons Work

Part 2: Translating the Internal and External Worlds through Your Senses

Chapter 4: Feeling Your Way: The Skin Senses

Chapter 5: Looking at Vision

Chapter 6: Sounding Off: The Auditory System

Chapter 7: Odors and Taste

Part 3: Moving Right Along: Motor Systems

Chapter 8: Movement Basics

Chapter 9: Coordinating Things More: The Spinal Cord and Pathways

Chapter 10: Planning and Executing Actions

Chapter 11: Unconscious Actions with Big Implications

Part 4: Intelligence: The Thinking Brain and Consciousness

Chapter 12: Understanding Intelligence, Consciousness, and Emotions

Chapter 13: How the Brain Processes Thoughts

Chapter 14: The Executive Brain

Chapter 15: Learning and Memory

Chapter 16: Developing and Modifying Brain Circuits: Plasticity

Chapter 17: Neural Dysfunctions, Mental Illness, and Drugs That Affect the Brain

Part 5: The Part of Tens 339

Chapter 18: Ten (or So) Crucial Brain Structures 341

Chapter 19: Ten Tricks of Neurons That Make Them Do What They Do 349

Chapter 20: Ten Promising Treatments for the Future 357

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