The new executive brain : frontal lobes in a complex world / / Elkhonon Goldberg
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| Autore: |
Goldberg Elkhonon
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| Titolo: |
The new executive brain : frontal lobes in a complex world / / Elkhonon Goldberg
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 |
| ©2009 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xix, 251 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina: | 612.8/25 |
| Soggetto topico: | Frontal lobes |
| Neuropsychology | |
| Note generali: | Originally published: 2001. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | An end and a beginning : a dedication -- The brain's chief executive : the frontal lobes at a glance -- Architecture of the brain : a primer -- The orchestra's front row : the cortex -- Novelty, routines, and cerebral hemispheres -- The conductor : a closer look at the frontal lobes -- Emotion and cognition -- Different lobes for different folks : decision-making styles and the frontal lobes -- When the leader is wounded -- Social maturity, morality, law, and the frontal lobes -- Fateful disconnections -- "What can you do for me?" -- Breaking and entering : inside the black box -- Frontal lobes and the leadership paradox. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The new executive brain |
| ISBN: | 0-19-772986-X |
| 0-19-975850-6 | |
| 0-19-973442-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815532903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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