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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press
c2002.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798207006719 |
| Sumario: | 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 |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190286927 9781429440202 9780198033097 9786610835393 9781280835391 |
