Normal view
MARC view
The disordered mind : what unusual brains tell us about ourselves / Eric R. Kandel.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 285 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780374538446
- 0374538441
- RC 454 .K346 2019
Contents:
What brain disorders can tell us about ourselves -- Our intensely social nature : the autism spectrum -- Emotions and the integrity of the self : depression and bipolar disorder -- The ability to think and to make and carry out decisions : schizophrenia -- Memory, the storehouse of the self : dementia -- Our innate creativity : brain disorders and art -- Movement : Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases -- The interplay of conscious and unconscious emotion : anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and faulty decision-making -- The pleasure principle and freedom of choice: addictions -- Sexual differentiation of the brain and gender identity -- Consciousness : the great remaining mystery of the brain -- Coming full circle.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | RC 454 .K346 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | C20029567 |
Originally published: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-265) and index.
What brain disorders can tell us about ourselves -- Our intensely social nature : the autism spectrum -- Emotions and the integrity of the self : depression and bipolar disorder -- The ability to think and to make and carry out decisions : schizophrenia -- Memory, the storehouse of the self : dementia -- Our innate creativity : brain disorders and art -- Movement : Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases -- The interplay of conscious and unconscious emotion : anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and faulty decision-making -- The pleasure principle and freedom of choice: addictions -- Sexual differentiation of the brain and gender identity -- Consciousness : the great remaining mystery of the brain -- Coming full circle.
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