CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
Building the Brain
GLOSSARY
Neurons & Glial Cells
Neurotransmitters & Receptors
Neurogenetics
Profile: Santiago Ramón y Cajal
The Basic Architecture of the Brain
The Cerebellum
The Developing Brain
The Evolving Brain
Brain Theories
GLOSSARY
The Localization of Function
Hebbian Learning
Neural Networks
The Neural Code
Profile: Donald Hebb
The Oscillating Brain
Neural Darwinism
The Bayesian Brain
Mapping the Brain
GLOSSARY
Neuropsychology
Brain Imaging
The Human Connectome
Optogenetics
Profile: Wilder Penfield
Resting State
Left Brain vs Right Brain
Brain Stimulation
Consciousness
GLOSSARY
The Hard Problem
Sleeping & Dreaming
Profile: Francis Crick
Neural Correlates of Consciousness
Embodied Consciousness
Consciousness & Integration
Volition, Intention & ‘Free Will’
The Anaesthetized Brain
Coma & the Vegetative State
Perception & Action
GLOSSARY
We See Colours
Blindsight
Synaesthesia
Sensory Substitution
Missing the Obvious
How We Pick Up a Cup of Coffee
Profile: Oliver Sacks
Alien Hand Syndrome
Cognition & Emotion
GLOSSARY
The Remembering Brain
The Emotional Brain
The Imagining Brain
Profile: Paul Broca
The Linguistic Brain
Metacognition
Decision Making
Mirror Neurons
The Changing Brain
GLOSSARY
Neurogenesis & Neuroplasticity
Training the Brain
The Brain’s Personality
The Ageing Brain
The Parkinsonian Brain
Profile: Roger Sperry
The Schizophrenic Brain
The Meditating Brain
APPENDICES
Resources
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements