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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792251803321

Autore

Heilman Kenneth M. <1938->

Titolo

Matter of mind [[electronic resource] ] : a neurologist's view of brain-behavior relationships / / Kenneth M. Heilman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-4294-4020-1

0-19-803309-5

9786610835393

1-280-83539-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

616.8

Soggetti

Higher nervous activity

Neurobehavioral disorders

Neuropsychiatry

Neuropsychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Language; 3. Emotions; 4. Attention; 5. Self-Awareness; 6. Memory; 7. Cognitive-Motor Skills; 8. Sensory Perception and Recognition; 9. Conation and Intention; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Most of what has been learned about how the brain mediates behaviour comes from experiments of nature where a stroke or other damage to the brain produces changes in a person's behaviour. In ""Matter of Mind"", one of the leading figures in behavioural and cognitive neurology uses patient vignettes and other examples from his rich professional life to show just how much knowledge about brain functions such as reading, writing, language, control of emotions, skilled movement, perception, attention, and motiviation has been gained from the study of patients with diseases of or damage to the brai