Brain and Mind Made Simple
Published on 5. October 2021
180 pages
978-1-914603-02-0 (ISBN)
Description
For students old and new, Brain and Mind Made Simple makes sense of the brain, mind and consciousness. The book is packed with examples, patient histories and explanations, exploring for instance the strange case of Phineas Gage who survived brain injury but with a new personality. An expert, scientific and highly accessible guide.
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Content
- Front cover
- Copyright and publication details
- Table of Contents
- Publisher's note
- Acknowledgements
- About the author
- Dedication
- Introduction
- A bit about myself
- The Origins of Our Brains?-?Ions, Membranes and Pumps
- Communicating with chemicals
- Neurotransmitters and their Receptors?-?The Locks and Keys of Brain Function
- GABA and glutamate?-?The yin and yang of brain activity
- Serotonin?-?The many-faceted neurotransmitter
- Noradrenaline?-?The fight or flight neurotransmitter
- Dopamine?-?The get up and go neurotransmitter
- Endorphins?-?From pain to pleasure
- The Tower of Complexity?-?How the Brain is Organized
- Accidental insights into brain organization?-?The strange case of Phineas Gage
- Alcohol?-?A reversible way to switch-off the frontal cortex
- The Vital Role of Subconscious Processing
- How the Cortex Works?-?Seeing is Believing
- The mind's eye
- Recall of times past? From seeing to remembering
- Seeing things that aren't there
- Taking Control?-?From Urges to Self-discipline
- Thinking, Feeling and Consciousness
- The language of consciousness
- Staying awake?-?and alive!
- The Emotional Brain
- Getting Inside the Head?-?Surgery to Imaging Techniques
- Summary of Part I
- Sleep and Dreams
- Everyone sleeps?-?Almost everyone
- Stages of sleep
- Night terrors and sleepwalking
- Dreams and nightmares
- 'To sleep?.?perchance to dream'
- Dreams and consciousness
- In Extremis?-?Near Death Experiences and Vegetative States
- Affliction of the Gods??-?Epilepsy
- Darkness Visible? Depression
- Where do bodily symptoms of depression come from?
- Preventing depression
- Why Worry? Fear and Anxiety Disorders
- Delusional? Schizophrenia and Mania
- Schizophrenia
- Delusions
- Mania
- Other aspects of altered consciousness in schizophrenia
- Repetition, Obsession and Compulsion
- From Pleasure to Pain? Addiction
- Brain and Mind or Brain-v-Mind?
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Nutt Uncut
- Back cover
