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An odyssey through the brain, behavior, and the mind

"An Odyssey Through the Brain, Behavior and the Mind can be regarded as an elaborate demonstration that the large scale features of brain electrical activity are related to sensory and motor processes in various ways but are not organised in accordance with conventional psychological concepts. It is argued that much of the traditional lore concerning the mind is based on prescientific philosophical assumptions and has little relevance to brain function."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2002
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2002
176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781402073458, 1402073453
1066936643
Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. A Preparation and a Beginning. 2. Hippocampal Activity and Behavior. 3. Hippocampal Slow Waves, Learning and Instinctive Behavior.4. Two Afferent Systems Control the Activation of the Neocortex and Hippocampus. 5. The Anatomical and Neurochemical Basis of Atropine-Resistant Neocortical Activation. 6. The Anatomical and Neurochemical Basis of Atropine-Resistant Hippocampal Rhythmical Slow Activity. 7. Ascending Cholinergic Control of the Neocortex and Hippocampus. 8. What is the Function of Cerebral Cortical Activation? 9. Whatever Became of the Ascending Reticular Activating System? 10. Olfactory Reactions in the Dentate Gyrus and Pyriform Cortex. 11. The Mind and Behavioral Neuroscience. 12. Epilogue. Index.