Neuroscience for dummies / by Frank Amthor. -- 3rd edition. -- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023. – (50.59/A528/3rd ed.)

Contents

Introduction
Part 1: Introducing the Nervous System
CHAPTER 1: A Quick Trip through the Nervous System
CHAPTER 2: All about the Brain and Spinal Cord
CHAPTER 3: Understanding How Neurons Work
Part 2: Translating the Internal and External Worlds through Your Senses
CHAPTER 4: Feeling Your Way: The Skin Senses
CHAPTER 5: Looking at Vision
CHAPTER 6: Sounding Off: The Auditory System
CHAPTER 7: Odors and Taste
Part 3: Moving Right Along: Motor Systems
CHAPTER 8: Movement Basics
CHAPTER 9: Coordinating Things More: The Spinal Cord and Pathways
CHAPTER 10: Planning and Executing Actions
CHAPTER 11: Unconscious Actions with Big Implications
Part 4: Intelligence: The Thinking Brain and Consciousness
CHAPTER 12: Understanding Intelligence, Consciousness, and Emotions
CHAPTER 13: HOW the Brain Processes Thoughts
CHAPTER 14: The Executive Brain
CHAPTER 15: Learning and Memory
CHAPTER 16: Developing and Modifying Brain Circuits: Plasticity
CHAPTER 17: Neural Dysfunctions, Mental Illness, and Drugs That Affect the Brain
Part 5: The Part of Tens
CHAPTER 18: Ten (or So) Crucial Brain Structures
CHAPTER 19: Ten Tricks of Neurons That Make Them Do What They Do
CHAPTER 20: Ten Promising Treatments for the Future
Glossary
Index