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The Minder Brain : How Your Brain Keeps You Alive, Protects You From Danger, And Ensures That You Reproduce.

Ambition, genius, thought, imagination, love, hate, greed and, above all, consciousness ourselves as alive and as part of our world all this is somehow enabled by the brain. The brain is the person, and if it goes wrong, a person is ruined. This book is about part of what the brain does a role of wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herbert, Joe
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : World Scientific, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Foreword; Contents; Chapter 1 The Brain as a Survival Machine; Chapter 2 A Chemical Code for Survival; Chapter 3 Serotonin, Steroids and Signalling; Chapter 4 The Brain and Stress; Chapter 5 The Weight-Watcher in the Brain; Chapter 6 Staying Wet and Salty; Chapter 7 Keeping Warm, Staying Cool; Chapter 8 The Sexual Brain; Chapter 9 Bonding, Motherhood and Love; Chapter 10 The Brain Goes to War; Chapter 11 The Rhythm of Life; Chapter 12 The Brain Breaks Down; Chapter 13 Individuality; Author Index; Subject Index.