Neuroscience For Dummies 3rd Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781394171217,9781394171231,9781394171224,1394171218,1394171234,1394171226
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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