Mapping the Mind

By: Rita Carter

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Health - Fitness - Diet, Science,

ISBN: 9780520224612

SKU: BE501741943551

Pages: 224

Description: Today a brain scan reveals our thoughts, moods, and memories as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones. We can actually observe a person's brain registering a joke or experiencing a painful memory. Drawing on the latest imaging technology and the expertise of distinguished scientists, Rita Carter explores the geography of the human brain. Her writing is clear, accessible, witty, and the book's 150 illustrations—most in color—present an illustrated guide to that wondrous, coconut-sized, wrinkled gray mass we carry inside our heads.