The disordered mind : what unusual brains tell us about ourselves / Eric R. Kandel.
By: Kandel, Eric R [author.].
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ©2018Edition: First edition.Description: 8 unnumbered pages, 285 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780374287863 (hardcover).Subject(s): Mental Disorders -- physiopathology | Neuropsychiatry -- methods | Mental Processes -- physiology | Psychophysiologic Disorders -- physiopathologyGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RC454 .K346 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000013495 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What brain disorders can tell us about ourselves -- Our intensely social nature : the autism spectrum -- Emotions and the integrity of the self : depression and bipolar disorder -- The ability to think and to make and carry out decisions : schizophrenia -- Memory, the storehouse of the self : dementia -- Our intrinsic creative capability : brain disorders and art -- Movement : Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases -- The interplay of conscious and unconscious emotion : anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and faulty decision-making -- The pleasure principle and freedom of choice: addictions -- That's all, folks -- Sexual differentiation of the brain and gender identity -- Consciousness : the great remaining mystery of the brain -- Conclusion : coming full circle.