Mapping The Mind
Published on 1. June 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-7538-1019-4 (ISBN)
Description
Modern brain scans reveal our thoughts, memories, and moods, as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones. A person's brain will light up on a scan as it registers a joke. This book examines how these findings can be used as a basis to explain aspects of human culture and behaviour.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7538-1019-4 (9780753810194)
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Rita Carter
Mapping The Mind
Book
08/2010
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
€38.56
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Rita Carter is a full-time medical writer contributing to, among others, The Independent, New Scientist, Daily Mail and Telegraph. She was twice awarded the Medical Journalists' Association prize for outstanding contribution to medical journalism. Rita Carter was born in the UK and currently resides in Ashford, Kent.