States of mind : new discoveries about how our brains make us who we are / edited by Roberta Conlan.
States of mind : new discoveries about how our brains make us who we are / edited by Roberta Conlan.
States of mind : new discoveries about how our brains make us who we are / edited by Roberta Conlan.
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New York : John Wiley, c1999.
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N612.82/47
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English
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Physical content
x, 214 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Foreword / David J. Mahoney -- Introduction / Roberta Conlan -- 1. Susceptibility and "Second Hits" / Steven Hyman -- 2. Born to Be Shy? / Jerome Kagan -- 3. A Magical Orange Grove in a Nightmare: Creativity and Mood Disorders / Kay Redfield Jamison -- 4. Stress and the Brain / Bruce McEwen -- 5. Em...
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Publisher
New York : John Wiley, c1999.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1999.
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Summary
States of Mind is a wonderfully accessible introduction to the most important recent findings about how our health, behavior, feelings, and identities are influenced by the workings of our brains. Eight pioneering researchers present remarkable new insights about how our inner lives - both of the mind and of the body - are generated and regulated b...
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States of mind : new discoveries about how our brains make us who we are / edited by Roberta Conlan.
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"Adapted from the original talks by J. Allan Hobson, Jerome Kagan, Joseph LeDoux, Kay Redfield Jamison, Steven Hyman, Eric Kandel, Bruce McEwen, Esther Sternberg at the Smithsonian Associates-Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives lecture series, "Understanding the human psyche"."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c1999.
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N612.82/47
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74VvLG0Pv3Og
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ISBN
0471299634 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780471299639 (cloth : alk. paper)
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612.82
MMS ID
991010746069702626
