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    The brain : a very short introduction / Michael O'Shea.

    • Title:The brain : a very short introduction / Michael O'Shea.
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    • Author/Creator:O'Shea, Michael.
    • Published/Created:Oxford ; Toronto : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Brain.
    • Medical Subjects: Brain.
    • Description:xii, 136 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
    • Series:Very short introductions ; 144.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127) and index.
    • ISBN:0192853929 (alk. paper)
      9780192853929
    • Contents:1. Thinking about the brain
      2. From humours to cells : components of mind
      3. Signalling in the brain : getting connected
      4. From the big bang to the big brain
      5. Sensing, perceiving, and acting
      6. Memories are made of this
      7. Broken brain : invention and intervention
      8. Epilogue.
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