Includes bibliographical references (p. 669-671) and index.
Processing Action (note)
committed to retain
Contents
Pt. 1. Understand your brain. How to think about the brain -- How we know: learning the secrets of the brain -- Basic brain care: protecting your mental capital -- The brain-body loop.
Pt. 2. Your brain through life. Prenatal development -- Brain development in childhood -- The adolescent brain -- The brain in adult life and normal aging.
Pt. 3. The healthy brain. The body manager -- Emotions and social functions -- Learning, thinking, and remembering.
Pt. 4. Conditions of the brain and nervous system. Conditions that appear in childhood -- Disorders of the senses and body function -- Emotional and control disorders -- Infectious and autoimmune disorders -- Disorders of movement and muscles -- Pain -- Nervous system injuries -- Disorders of thinking and remembering.