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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456300603321

Autore

Goldberg Elkhonon

Titolo

The new executive brain : frontal lobes in a complex world / / Elkhonon Goldberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-19-975850-6

0-19-973442-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 251 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

612.8/25

Soggetti

Frontal lobes

Neuropsychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Through an accessible but rigorous narrative, the author shows how the frontal lobes enable us to engage in complex mental processes. They control our judgement, and our social and ethical behaviour. The effects of damage are also explored.