Matter of mind a neurologist's view of brain-behavior relationships

Most of what has been learned about how the brain mediates behaviour comes from experiments of nature where a stroke or other damage to the brain produces changes in a person's behaviour. In ""Matter of Mind"", one of the leading figures in behavioural and cognitive neurolog...

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Main Author: Heilman, Kenneth M., 1938- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press c2002.
Edition:1st ed
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Summary:Most of what has been learned about how the brain mediates behaviour comes from experiments of nature where a stroke or other damage to the brain produces changes in a person's behaviour. In ""Matter of Mind"", one of the leading figures in behavioural and cognitive neurology uses patient vignettes and other examples from his rich professional life to show just how much knowledge about brain functions such as reading, writing, language, control of emotions, skilled movement, perception, attention, and motiviation has been gained from the study of patients with diseases of or damage to the brai
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (239 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190286927
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