Matter of Mind: A Neurologist's View of Brain-Behavior Relationships

by Kenneth M. Heilman

Book Overview

Most of what has been learned about how the brain mediates behavior comes from experiments of nature where a stroke or other damage to the brain produces changes in a person's behavior. In Matter of Mind, one of the leading figures in behavioral 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195144902
• ISBN13: 9780195144901
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"