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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of Functions of Your Product | |
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| Receive Information | |
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| Act on the External Universe | |
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| Utilize Language | |
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| Possess Emotions | |
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| Cognition | |
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| Control the Body's Endocrine System | |
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| Control of Autonomic Functions | |
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| Control Of Immunity | |
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| Do All of the Above Simul Taneously | |
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| Structure of the Brain | |
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| The Little Picture: Brain Cells | |
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| Neurons | |
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| Structure of Neurons | |
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| Function of Neurons | |
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| Communication within Neurons | |
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| Glial Cells | |
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| Signs of Malfunction | |
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| The Concept of Excitotoxicity | |
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| The Big Picture: Structure of the Brain | |
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| The Cerebellum | |
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| The Brainstem | |
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| The Thalamus | |
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| The Basal Ganglia | |
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| The Cerebrum | |
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| Brain Connectivity | |
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| Differences in the Functions of the Right and Left Hempispheres | |
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| Differences in Brain Characteristics Among Sexes | |
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| The Spinal Cord | |
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| The Brain as a Metaphysical Transducer | |
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| Functional Organization of the Brain | |
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| Input to the Brain | |
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| The Final Cortical Representation | |
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| Output of the Brain: Human Movement | |
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| Brain Plasticity, Intelligence, and Learning | |
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| Brain Plasticity | |
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| Plasticity and Brain Repair | |
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| Plasticity and Brain Development | |
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| Intelligence | |
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| What Determines Our Intelligence? | |
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| Learning and Memory | |
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| Declarative and Nondeclarative Learning | |
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| Potential Problems | |
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| Amnesias | |
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| Language | |
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| Anatomy of Words | |
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| Words and Meaning | |
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| Communication Tools | |
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| The Purpose of Language | |
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| Language Development | |
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| Language as an Obligatory Human Function | |
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| Time Window for Acquisition of Language | |
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| The Yearing to Name | |
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| Word Storage in the Brain | |
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| Localization of Language in the Brain | |
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| Signs of Malfunction: Aphasia Syndromes | |
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| Brocas Aphasia | |
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| Transcortical Motor Aphasia | |
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| Global Aphasia | |
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| Wernicke's Aphasia | |
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| Conduction Aphasia | |
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| Anomic Aphasia | |
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| Perception, Attention, Imagination, and Consciousness | |
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| Perception | |
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| Perception and the Present | |
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| Categories of Perception | |
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| Brain Mechanisms for Perception | |
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| Structures for the Acquisition of Information | |
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| Structures for Transport | |
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| Structures for Information Filtering and Selection | |
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| Mechanisms for Interpreting Perceived Information | |
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| The Individuality of Perception | |
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| Imagination | |
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| The Frontal Lobe and Active Awareness | |
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| Brain Mechanisms Responsible for Consciousness | |
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| Signs of Malfunction: Disorders of Attention and Consciousness | |
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| Coma | |
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| Neglect | |
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| Sleep and Dreaming | |
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| What is Sleep? | |
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| Stages of Sleep | |
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| Dreaming | |
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| Purpose of Dreaming | |
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| The Content of Dreams | |
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| Signs of Malfunction | |
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| Nutrition and the Brain | |
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| The Blood/Brain Barrier | |
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| Nutrients Needed by the Brain | |
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| Fuel | |
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| Building Material | |
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| Neurotransmitters | |
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| Drug Abuse and the Brain | |
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| Drugs and Neurons | |
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| Tolerance | |
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| Withdrawal | |
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| Long-Term Effects of Drugs on Neurons | |
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| Aggression and the Brain | |
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| Definition of Aggression | |
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| Classification of Aggression | |
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| The Brain and Aggression | |
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| Abnormal Aggression | |
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| Why Are Some Individuals More Aggressive Than Others? | |
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| Interaction Between Body and Brain | |
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| The Autonomic Nervous System | |
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| The Neuroendocrinologic System | |
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| Brain Control | |
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| The Brain and Immunity | |
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| Disorders That Can Affect Your Brain | |
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| Vascular Lesions | |
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| Infectious disorders | |
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| Autoimmune Disorders | |
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| Demyelinating Disorders | |
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| Neoplasms | |
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| Degenerative Disorders | |
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| Toxins | |
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| Trauma | |
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| Nutritional Disorders | |
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| Index | |