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Your brain on food : how chemicals control your thoughts and feelings /
"Why is eating chocolate so pleasurable? Can the function of just one small group of chemicals really determine whether you are happy or sad? Does marijuana help to improve your memory in old age? Is it really best to drink coffee if you want to wake up and be alert? Why is a drug like PCP pote...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Ebook Central Academic Complete Collection
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : food, drugs, and you
- Memories, magic, & a major addiction
- Euphoria, depression, & madness
- Your brain's anchor to reality
- Marijuana in the brain
- Simple molecules that turn you on and off
- Sleeping versus waking
- Remnants of an ancient past
- Brain enhancement and other magical beliefs
- A little quiz.