This award-winning science book uses the latest findings from neuroscience research and brain-imaging technology to take you on a journey into the human brain.
CGI artworks and brain MRI scans reveal the brain's anatomy in unprecedented detail. Step-by-step sequences unravel and simplify the complex processes of brain function, such as how nerves transmit signals, how memories are laid down and recalled, and how we register emotions. The book answers fundamental and compelling questions about the brain: what does it mean to be conscious, what happens when we're asleep, and are the brains of men and women different?
This is an accessible and authoritative reference book to a fascinating part of the human body. Thanks to improvements in scanning technology, our understanding of the brain is changing quickly. Now in its third edition, The Human Brain Book provides an up-to-date guide to one of science's most exciting frontiers. With its coverage of more than 50 brain-related diseases and disorders--from strokes to brain tumors and schizophrenia--it is also an essential manual for students and healthcare professionals.
Author(s): Rita Carter
Edition: Revised & Updated New Edition
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Year: 2019
Language: English
Commentary: ORIGINAL PUBLISHER PDF
Pages: 266
Tags: Neuroanatomy; Neurophysiology; Neuroscience; Neurology
CONTENTS......Page 6
NO ORDINARY ORGAN......Page 8
INVESTIGATING THE BRAIN......Page 10
LANDMARKS IN NEUROSCIENCE......Page 12
SCANNING THE BRAIN......Page 14
A JOURNEY THROUGH THE BRAIN......Page 16
THE BRAIN AND THE BODY......Page 38
BRAIN FUNCTIONS......Page 40
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 42
THE BRAIN AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 44
BRAIN SIZE, ENERGY USE, AND PROTECTION......Page 46
EVOLUTION......Page 50
BRAIN ANATOMY......Page 52
BRAIN STRUCTURES......Page 54
BRAIN ZONES AND PARTITIONS......Page 58
THE NUCLEI OF THE BRAIN......Page 60
THE THALAMUS, HYPOTHALAMUS, AND PITUITARY GLAND......Page 62
THE BRAIN STEM AND CEREBELLUM......Page 64
THE LIMBIC SYSTEM......Page 66
THE CEREBRAL CORTEX......Page 68
BRAIN CELLS......Page 72
NERVE IMPULSES......Page 74
BRAIN MAPPING AND SIMULATION......Page 76
THE SENSES......Page 78
HOW WE SENSE THE WORLD......Page 80
THE EYE......Page 82
THE VISUAL CORTEX......Page 84
VISUAL PATHWAYS......Page 86
VISUAL PERCEPTION......Page 88
SEEING......Page 90
THE EAR......Page 92
MAKING SENSE OF SOUND......Page 94
HEARING......Page 96
SMELL......Page 98
PERCEIVING SMELL......Page 100
TASTE......Page 102
TOUCH......Page 104
THE SIXTH SENSE......Page 106
PAIN SIGNALS......Page 108
EXPERIENCING PAIN......Page 110
MOVEMENT AND CONTROL......Page 112
REGULATION......Page 114
THE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM......Page 116
PLANNING A MOVEMENT......Page 118
EXECUTING A MOVEMENT......Page 120
UNCONSCIOUS ACTION......Page 122
MIRROR NEURONS......Page 124
EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS......Page 126
THE EMOTIONAL BRAIN......Page 128
CONSCIOUS EMOTION......Page 130
DESIRE AND REWARD......Page 132
THE SOCIAL BRAIN......Page 134
SEX, LOVE, AND SURVIVAL......Page 136
EXPRESSION......Page 138
THE SELF AND OTHERS......Page 140
THE MORAL BRAIN......Page 142
LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION......Page 144
GESTURES AND BODY LANGUAGE......Page 146
THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE......Page 148
THE LANGUAGE AREAS......Page 150
A CONVERSATION......Page 152
READING AND WRITING......Page 154
MEMORY......Page 156
THE PRINCIPLES OF MEMORY......Page 158
THE MEMORY WEB......Page 160
LAYING DOWN A MEMORY......Page 162
RECALL AND RECOGNITION......Page 164
UNUSUAL MEMORY......Page 166
THINKING......Page 168
INTELLIGENCE......Page 170
CREATIVITY AND HUMOR......Page 172
BELIEF AND SUPERSTITION......Page 174
ILLUSIONS......Page 176
CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 178
WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS?......Page 180
LOCATING CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 182
ATTENTION AND CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 184
THE IDLING BRAIN......Page 186
ALTERING CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 188
SLEEP AND DREAMS......Page 190
TIME......Page 192
THE SELF AND CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 194
THE INDIVIDUAL BRAIN......Page 196
NATURE AND NURTURE......Page 198
INFLUENCING THE BRAIN......Page 200
PERSONALITY......Page 202
BRAIN MONITORING AND STIMULATION......Page 204
STRANGE BRAINS......Page 206
DEVELOPMENT AND AGING......Page 208
THE INFANT BRAIN......Page 210
CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE......Page 212
THE ADULT BRAIN......Page 214
THE AGING BRAIN......Page 216
THE BRAIN OF THE FUTURE......Page 218
DISEASES AND DISORDERS......Page 222
THE DISORDERED BRAIN......Page 224
DIRECTORY OF DISORDERS......Page 226
GLOSSARY......Page 252
INDEX......Page 258
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 266
