Physical Description:print xx, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher:New York : Springer, c2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-340) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I. Preliminaries. -- 1. The birth of a new science -- 2. Unlocking the key to neuroscience terminology -- 3. What is the mind and brain? -- Part II. Neuroscience methods and technologies. -- 4. Learning from brain damaged individuals -- 5. Neuroimaging technologies -- 6. Modeling the brain -- Part III. Neurobiology from the single neuron to complex networks. -- 7. Neurons and neurotransmitters -- 8. Brain structures -- 9. Brain pathways -- 10. Neural networks : how neurons think and learn -- Part IV. How the brain changes through time. -- 11. Evolution of the brain over eons of time -- 12. Brain development through the life span -- 13. Neuroplasticity and neurogenesis : changing moment-by-moment -- Part V. Enhancing brain functions for treatment. -- 14. Principles for incorporating the brain into treatments -- 15. Working with attention -- 16. Regulating emotions -- 17. Reconsolidating memory -- 18. Maximizing the social brain -- Part VI. Shifting the nervous system in common disorders. -- 19. How psychotherapy changes the brain -- 20. Relieving anxiety -- 21. Finding a better balance for depression and bipolar disorder -- 22. Recovering from addiction -- References -- Index.
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