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100 1 $aAckerman, Diane.
245 13 $aAn alchemy of mind :$bthe marvel and mystery of the brain /$cDiane Ackerman.
260 $aNew York :$bScribner,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $axii, 300 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gCh 1.$tThe enchanted loom : imagining the brain -- $gCh 2.$tThis island earth : evolution; the world's tiniest reptile; our brain and other animals' -- $gCh 3.$tWhy ask "why?" : what happens in the right brain vs. the left brain; why we're driven to tell stories -- $gCh 4.$tThe fibs of being : consciousness; some definitions and theories -- $gCh 5.$tLight breaks where no sun shines : the unconscious; how it collaborates with the conscious mind -- $gCh 6.$tThe shape of thought : neurons, dendrites, axons; how all the parts speak to each other -- $gCh 7.$tInner space : synapses, the plasticity of the brain; how we influence brain development; medication and the brain -- $gCh 8.$tAttention please : how we unconsciously choose what to pay attention to; multitasking; absentmindedness -- $gCh 9.$tA passion for patterns : how our brain quests for meaning in what it senses -- $gCh 10.$tIn the church of pines : the spiritual brain -- $gCh 11.$tEinstein's brain : what happened to it? was it different? -- $gCh 12.$tThe mind's eye : the brain's ability to imagine/see things that aren't in view at the time -- $gCh 13.$tWhat is a memory? : the importance of memory to who we are; how memories are formed; how they're influenced -- $gCh 14.$tReflections in a gazing ball : how memories are recalled; association of pain and memory; unconscious memory -- $gCh 15.$tRemember what? : what happens when we learn; words on the tip of the tongue; Alzheimer's and the aging brain; IQ; short-term vs. long-term memory; how memories affect the present -- $gCh 16.$tRemember, I dream : the role of dreams in memory -- $gCh 17.$t"Hello," he lied : true and false memories; subliminally influencing thought and memory -- $gCh 18.$tTraumatic memories : how they're stored and recalled; connections between emotions and memory -- $gCh 19.$tSmell, memory, and the erotic : Proust; perfume; love -- $gCh 20.$tIntroducing the self : how we think of ourself; the multiple facets of a self -- $gCh 21.$tThe other self : body and mind; immune system and brain; brain damage and loss of self -- $gCh 22.$tPersonality : nature vs. nurture; genetics and experience; development as babies -- $gCh 23.$t"Shall it be male or female? say the cells : male and female brains; if they work differently; how they're shaped; how traits get passed on -- $gCh 24.$tCreating minds : artistic minds, mathematical minds - inherited, cultivated; how they differ; synthesia -- $gCh 25.$tThe emotional climate : anger, stress, adrenaline, how they affect and are relieved by the brain; our brain isn't made for the modern world; fear, painful thoughts -- $gCh 26.$tThe pursuit of happiness : happiness as hereditary and achieved; the difference in the brain between natural and forced laughter; optimistic and pessimistic brains -- $gCh 27.$tMemory's accomplice : language acquisition, use, and nonverbal thinking -- $gCh 28.$tMetaphors be with you : how words organize experience -- $gCh 29.$tThe color of saying : the origin of words; how we reveal ourselves through words; the brain finding relations among things -- $gCh 30.$tShakespeare on the brain : how Shakespeare's brain was different -- $gCh 31.$tOasis : evolution of life; how our brain came to be -- $gCh 32.$tConscious and consciousness : are we the only conscious animals? some theories about consciousness -- $gCh 33.$tA kingdom of neighbors : animal minds -- $gCh 34.$tThe beautiful captive : imagining the brain; brain research; celebration of the uniquely human brain.
520 1 $a"Diane Ackerman discusses the science of the brain as only she can. In addition to explaining memory, thought, emotion, dreams, and language acquisition, she reports on the latest discoveries in neuroscience and addresses controversial subjects like the effects of trauma and male versus female brains. Ackerman distills the hard, objective truths of science in order to yield vivid, heavily anecdotal explanations about a range of existential questions regarding consciousness, human thought, memory, and the nature of identify."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aBrain$vPopular works.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007102129
650 0 $aNeuropsychology$vPopular works.
852 00 $bmil$hQP376$i.A225 2004