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Author Calvin, William H., 1939-

Title Conversations with Neil's brain : the neural nature of thought and language / William H. Calvin, George A. Ojemann.

Publication Info. Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., [1994]
©1994

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  153 C168C    Check Shelf
Description 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents A window to the brain -- Losing consciousness -- Seeing the brain speak -- If language is left, what's right? -- The problems with paying attention -- The personality of the lowly neuron -- The what and where of memory -- How are memories made? -- What's up front -- When things go wrong with thought and mood -- Tuning up the brain by pruning -- Acquiring and reacquiring language -- Taking apart the visual image -- How the brain subdivides language -- Why can we read so well? -- Stringing things together in novel ways -- Deep in the temporal lobe, just across from the brain stem -- In search of the narrator.
Note "A William Patrick book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-296) and index.
Subject Brain.
Consciousness.
Brain -- Surgery.
Epilepsy -- Surgery.
Added Author Ojemann, George A.
ISBN 0201632179
0201483378 paperback
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