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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-282) Includes indexes 1. Two handfuls of pinkish-grey matter : History of ideas on the brain ; The brain as a system ; The cerebral hemispheres ; The world of the nerve cells ; The Christian stake in brain control -- 2. Language and consciousness : Language and its production ; Language in chimpanzees ; The human brain and humanness ; Two hemispheres in one brain ; Respective functions of the hemispheres ; Significance of two hemispheres -- 3. Damaged brains and diseased personalities : Brain and personality ; Case histories ; Organization of the cerebral hemispheres ; Examples of brain lesions ; Responses to brain damage -- 4. Brain control : The domain of psychosurgery ; Examples of psychosurgery ; The violence paradigm ; Electrical stimulation of the brain ; Brain modification and personal identity 5. Behavior control : Pharmacological and psychological engineering ; The psychotropic maze ; Nonmedicinal tranquilizers ; Hallucinogens ; From psychological malaise to mood control ; Psychological conditioning -- 6. Environmental influences on the brain : The human face of malnutrition ; Consequences of malnutrition for the brain ; The b

Author

Jones, D. Gareth (David Gareth), 1940-

Publisher

Downers Grove, Ill.: Inter-Varsity Press

Published

1981

Language

EN

ISBN

9780877847922

Subjects

Psychology, Medical, Social_sciences