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Cargando... Matter of Mind: A Neurologist's View of Brainbehavior Relationshipspor Kenneth M. Heilman
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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 No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Kenneth M. Heilman
Aug 22, 2010
This is a straightforward account of behavioral neurology, told in flat prose, enlivened by case histories. It is entirely about localization of brain function by analysis of lesions, and does not discuss functional imaging at all. This is the way I learned neurology originally, and it is still the area of study that fascinates me more than anything else about the field. The chapters are divided by functions, such as language, emotions, self awareness, memory and attention, with examples for each. One would not say that Heilman is a great prose stylist, but he is clear and the cases are sometimes fascinating. (