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Mapping The Mind

Rita Carter

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English
Phoenix
01 October 2010
Brain scans reveal our thoughts, memories - even our moods - as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones. We can watch a person's brain literally light up as it registers a joke, or glow dully when it recalls an unhappy memory.

MAPPING THE MIND shows how these cans can be used to help explain aspects of our behaviour and how behavioural eccentricities can be traced to abnormalities in an individual brain. Dyslexia, for example, may be caused by a short-circuit in the messages converting sound to visual cues; addiction, eating disorders and alcoholism stem from dysfunction in the brain's reward system.

In this acclaimed book Rita Carter draws on the latest in brain imaging to give extraordinary insights into how the brain works.

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Imprint:   Phoenix
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 196mm,  Width: 154mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   685g
ISBN:   9780753827956
ISBN 10:   0753827956
Pages:   384
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Rita Carter is a medical writer, contributing to, among others, the INDEPENDENT, NEW SCIENTIST, the DAILY MAIL and the TELEGRAPH. She was twice awarded the Medical Journalists' Association prize for outstanding contribution to medical journalism.

Reviews for Mapping The Mind

'fascinating stuff' BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH 'It's fascinating to understand how much of our personality is dircetly related to brain function.' -- Daniel Johns, University Bookseller WESTERN MORNING NEWS


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