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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Herbert, Joe
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore : World Scientific, 2007.
Subjects:
Brain.
Brain > Evolution.
Adaptation (Physiology)
Evolution (Biology)
Adaptability (Psychology)
Adaptation (Biology)
Central nervous system.
Nervous system.
Anatomy.
Adaptation, Physiological
Brain
Biological Evolution
Adaptation, Psychological
Genetic Phenomena
Biological Phenomena
Adaptation, Biological
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Physiological Phenomena
Central Nervous System
Nervous System
Psychiatry and Psychology
Phenomena and Processes
Anatomy
Animal Structures
Cerveau.
Adaptation (Physiologie)
Évolution (Biologie)
Adaptation (Psychologie)
Adaptation (Biologie)
Système nerveux central.
Système nerveux.
Anatomie.
brains.
evolution.
anatomy.
Nervous system
Central nervous system
Brain > Evolution
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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