Neuronal Man

The Biology of Mind

By: Jean-Pierre Changeux, Laurence Garey (Translator)

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Over the past thirty-five years, there has been an explosive increase in scientists' ability to explain the structure and functioning of the human brain. While psychology has advanced our understanding of human behavior, various other sciences, such as anatomy, physiology, and biology, have determined the critical importance of synapses and, through the use of advanced technology, made it possible actually to see brain cells at work within the skull's walls. Here Jean-Pierre Changeux elucidates our current knowledge of the human brain, taking an interdisciplinary approach and explaining in layman's terms the complex theories and scientific breakthroughs that have significantly improved our understanding in the twentieth century.

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"Jean-Pierre Changeux ... explores the fascinating question of how the human brain, similar in so many ways to the brains of less developed species, is able to accomplish so much more... [He] presents his ... view with verve, conviction, and an admirable lucidity."--Richard Restak, Washington Post Book World "An outstanding attempt to convey to the general public an interdisciplinary understanding of the human nervous system."--Nature

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Preface
The "Organ of the Soul" - from Ancient Egypt to the Belle Epoque	p. 3
Man Thinks with His Brain	p. 3
Body and Soul	p. 7
Phrenology	p. 13
The Neuron	p. 21
Electric Current and "Medicinal Substances"	p. 29
The "Good Sense" of History	p. 36
The Component Parts of the Brain	p. 38
The Macroscopic View of the Brain	p. 39
The Expansion of the Neocortex	p. 43
Microcircuits	p. 46
Wiring	p. 52
Modules or Crystals	p. 58
From Mouse to Man	p. 65
Animal Spirits	p. 67
Cerebral Electricity	p. 68
The Nerve Signal	p. 73
Oscillators	p. 77
From One Neuron to Another	p. 83
The Keys to Molecule Locks	p. 90
"Psychic Atoms" Reexamined	p. 95
Into Action	p. 97
To Sing and to Flee	p. 98
To Drink and to Suffer	p. 103
To Enjoy and to Be Angry	p. 107
To Reach Orgasm	p. 112
To Analyze	p. 115
To Speak and to Do	p. 120
From Stimulus to Response	p. 124
Mental Objects	p. 126
The Materiality of Mental Images	p. 127
From Percept to Concept and Thought	p. 130
Toward a Biological Theory of Mental Objects	p. 134
Assembling the Neurons	p. 140
Problems of Consciousness	p. 145
Attention	p. 151
The Calculation of Emotion	p. 158
Seeing Mental Objects	p. 161
The Substance of the Spirit	p. 168
The Power of the Genes	p. 170
Anatomical Mutations	p. 171
Heredity and Behavior	p. 175
The Simplicity of the Genome and the Complexity of the Brain	p. 180
The Automaton Cell	p. 186
The Embryo System	p. 191
The Genesis of the Cortex	p. 195
The Predestination of the Brain	p. 202
Epigenesis	p. 205
Differences between Identical Twins	p. 206
The Behavior of the Growth Cone	p. 212
Regression and Redundancy	p. 216
The Dreams of the Embryo	p. 220
Building the Synapse	p. 223
The Theory of Epigenesis by Selective Stabilization of Synapses	p. 227
The Experimental Testing of Epigenesis	p. 229
Hemispheric Specialization - a Genetic or Epigenetic Process?	p. 235
The Cultural Imprint	p. 241
"To Learn Is to Eliminate"	p. 246
Anthropogenesis	p. 250
Monkey Chromosomes	p. 251
Fossil Puzzles	p. 255
The Winks of the Young Chimpanzee	p. 259
Genes for Communication and Selective Stabilization	p. 264
The Genetics of Australopithecus	p. 268
The "Phenomenon of Man" Reconsidered	p. 271
The Brain - Representation of the World	p. 273
Glossary	p. 285
Notes	p. 293
Bibliography	p. 301
Index	p. 333
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