The Nervous System

This work on the nervous system includes such areas as the five senses, and the senses unnoticed by the Greeks; the physics of the nerve impulse; and the anatomical bases of motivation, pain, the endocrine glands and hormones, sensation and perception, and the higher nervous activities.

Spis treści:
List of plates.
Acknowledgements.
An Appreciation.
Introduction.
Functions and structure of the nervous system.
Examining the world.
Light receptors: looking.
Sound receptors: listening.
Olfactory receptors: smelling.
Gustatory receptors: tasting.
Cutaneous receptors: touching and feeling.
Receptors for the inside world.
Nerves and nerve fiberes.
Communication within the central nervous system.
Standing, walking, running, flying, swimming.
Awake and exploring; relaxed and sleeping.
Needs, desires and emotions.
Pain.
The centre of the brain: the hypothalamus.
Broadcasting: hormones.
General plan of the human brain.
Exploring the brain.
Perception of the world and of oneself.
Speech and other symbols.
Learning.
Remembering.
Personality and the brain.
Glossary.
Index.

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This work on the nervous system includes such areas as the five senses, and the senses unnoticed by the Greeks; the physics of the nerve impulse; and the anatomical bases of motivation, pain, the endocrine glands and hormones, sensation and perception, and the higher nervous activities.