Contents

Prefuce

I Structure, Functions, and Historic Approaches to StudyE ditor's Introduction1. The Strange Anatomy of the Brain. David Bainbridge.

I\ew Scientist.2. Blarnbox. The Economist.

3. In Our Messy, Reptilian Brains. Sharon Begley. I\ewsweek.

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U Mapping the Mind: Advances in Brain-Imaging Technologytr ditor's Introduction 1,71. The New Brain. Richard Restak. The Fwturist. 1,92. Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain: Part I. Tabitha M. Powledge.

BioScience. 22

3. Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain: Part II. Tabitha M. Powledge.

BioScience.

4. MRI: A \il/indow on the Brain. Paul Raeburn.

Techno logy Reuiew (Cambridge, Mass.).

5. The Economics of Brains. Gregory T. Huang.

Tecbno logy Reuiew (Cambridge, Mass.).

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in Progress: Brain Development from Infancyto Adulthood

Editor's Introduction1. Shaping the Brains of Tomorrou/. Ross A. Thompson.

The Anerican Prorpect.

2. How the Arts Develop the Young Brain. David Sousa.

The S chool Administrator.

3. The Teenage Brain. Nora Underwood. The Walrul4. When Does Your Brain Stop Making New Neurons?

Sharon Begley. I\ewsaeek.

IV How the Brain Processes Ldnguage

Editor's Introduction

1. Addressing Literacy Through Neuroscience. Steve Miller andPaula A. Tallal. S chool Administrator.

2. Mapping Metaphor. I(enneth Sfl I{rause. The Humanist.

3. The Correlation Between Brain Development, LanguageAcquisition, and Cognition. Leslie Haley \)Tasserman.Ear[t Cbild Education. 97

4. Brains Show Two Sides of Language Function. Bruce Bower.

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V The Brain and AgingEditor's Introduction

1. The Disappearing Mind. Geoffrey Cowley. I)�ewsweek.

2. The Brainin Nflinter. Sharon Begley. Ilewsweek.

3. The Upside of Aging. Sharon Begley. Wall Street Journal.4. The Outlook for Alzheimer's Disease. Tyler A. Kokiohn and

I(mbal E. Cooper The Fwturist.

5. Neuron ICllers. Tina Flesman Saey. Science I'{.Jews.

6. Keeping Your Brain Fit. Christine Larson.(J.5. l{ews dY World Report.

VI The "Hard Problem": Efforts to UnderstandHuman Consciousness

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1. $7hat Makes Up My Mind? Joel Achenbach. Wasbington Post. 145

2.TheMystery of Consciousness. Steven Pinker. Tine. 1,49

3. Brains tJfide Shut? Patricia Churchland. T{ew Scientist. 157

4. Is There Room for the Soul? Jay Tolson. U.-f. New dv lYorld Report 162

5. Consciousness in the Raw. Bruce Bower. Science Newl 1,73

BibliographyBooks\Web sitesAdditional Periodical Articles with Abstracts

Index

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