Mapping the Mind by Rita Carter (1999, Trade Paperback)

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Today a brain scan reveals our thoughts, moods, and memories as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones. We can actually observe a person's brain registering a joke or experiencing a painful memory. Drawing on the latest imaging technology and the expertise of distinguished scientists, Rita Carter explores the geography of the human brain. Her writing is clear, accessible, witty, and the book's 150 illustrations--most in color--present an illustrated guide to that wondrous, coconut-sized, wrinkled gray mass we carry inside our heads. Mapping the Mindcharts the way human behavior and culture have been molded by the landscape of the brain. Carter shows how our personalities reflect the biological mechanisms underlying thought and emotion and how behavioral eccentricities may be traced to abnormalities in an individual brain. Obsessions and compulsions seem to be caused by a stuck neural switch in a region that monitors the environment for danger. Addictions stem from dysfunction in the brain's reward system. Even the sense of religious experience has been linked to activity in a certain brain region. The differences between men and women's brains, the question of a "gay brain," and conditions such as dyslexia, autism, and mania are also explored. Looking inside the brain, writes Carter, we see that actions follow from our perceptions, which are due to brain activity dictated by a neuronal structure formed from the interplay between our genes and the environment. Without sidestepping the question of free will, Carter suggests that future generations will use our increasing knowledge of the brain to "enhance those mental qualities that give sweetness and meaning to our lives, and to eradicate those that are destructive."

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520224612
ISBN-13
9780520224612
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1684926

Product Key Features

Author
Rita Carter
Publication Name
Mapping the Mind
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
10.5in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
7.7in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Qp376
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Neurology, Neuroscience, Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychiatry / General, Physiological Psychology
Dewey Decimal
612.8/2
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Psychology, Science, Medical