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Neuroscience at the Intersection of Mind and Brain (Paperback)
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Neuroscience at the Intersection of Mind and Brain (Paperback)
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Neuroscience, the study of the structure and function of the brain,
has captured our imaginations. Breakthrough technologies permit
neuroscientists to probe how the human brain works in ever-more
fascinating detail, revealing what happens when we think, move,
love, hate, and fear. We know more than ever before about what goes
wrong in the brain when we develop psychiatric and neurological
illnesses like depression, dementia, epilepsy, panic attacks, and
schizophrenia. We also now have clues about how treatments for
those disorders change the way our brains look and function.
Neuroscience at the Intersection of Mind and Brain has three main
purposes. First, it makes complicated concepts and findings in
modern neuroscience accessible to anyone with an interest in how
the brain works. Second, it explains in detail how every experience
we have from the moment we are conceived changes our brains. Third,
it advances the idea that psychotherapy is a type of life
experience that alters brain function and corrects aberrant brain
connections. Among the topics covered are: what makes our brains
different from those of other primates, our nearest genetic
neighbors? How do life's experiences affect genetic expression of
the brain and the way neurons connect with each other? Why are
connections between different parts of the brain important in both
health and disease? What happens in the brains of animals and
humans when we are suddenly afraid of something, get depressed, or
fall in love? How do medications and psychotherapies work? The
information in this book is based on cutting-edge research in
neuroscience, psychiatry, and psychology. Written by an author who
studied human behavior and brain function for three decades, it is
presented in a highly accessible manner, full of personal anecdotes
and observations, and touches on many of the controversies in
contemporary mental health practice.
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