The accidental mind : how brain evolution has given us love, memory, dreams, and God / David J. Linden
By: Linden, David J.
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap, 2008Edition: 1st Harvard University Press ed.Description: 276 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780674030589 (pbk.).Subject(s): Brain -- Popular works | Brain -- Evolution | NeuropsychologyGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 612.82Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | QP376 .L558 2008 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000005179 |
Originally published: 2007
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index
Prologue : Brain, explained -- The inelegant design of the brain -- Building a brain with yesterday's parts -- Some assembly required -- Sensation and emotion -- Learning, memory, and human individuality -- Love and sex -- Sleeping and dreaming -- The religious impulse -- The unintelligent design of the brain -- Epilogue : That middle thing