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Synaptic self: how our brains become who we are

By Joseph , Ledoux

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN
9781440650420, 144065042X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3617471 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Medical;MEDICAL--Neuroscience;MEDICAL -- Neuroscie

Description

In 1996 Joseph LeDoux's The Emotional Brain presented a revelatory examination of the biological bases of our emotions and memories. Now, the world-renowned expert on the brain has produced with a groundbreaking work that tells a more profound story: how the little spaces between the neurons'the brain's synapses'are the channels through which we think, act, imagine, feel, and remember. Synapses encode the essence of personality, enabling each of us to function as a distinctive, integrated individual from moment to moment. Exploring the functioning of memory, the synaptic basis of mental illness and drug addiction, and the mechanism of self-awareness, Synaptic Self is a provocative and mind-expanding work that is destined to become a classic.

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