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The accidental mind  Cover Image Book Book

The accidental mind / David J. Linden.

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  • ISBN: 0674024788
  • ISBN: 9780674024786
  • Physical Description: 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Brain, explained -- 1. The inelegant design of the brain -- 2. Building a brain with yesterday's parts -- 3. Some assembly required -- 4. Sensation and emotion -- 5. Learning, memory, and human individuality -- 6. Love and sex -- 7. Sleeping and dreaming -- 8. The religious impulse -- 9. The unintelligent design of the brain -- 10. That middle thing -- Further reading and resources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject: Brain.
Evolution.
Neuropsychology.
Physiology.


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