We are our brains : a neurobiography of the brain, from the womb to Alzheimer's, D.F. Swaab ; translated by Jane Hedley-Prôle

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We are our brains : a neurobiography of the brain, from the womb to Alzheimer's, D.F. Swaab ; translated by Jane Hedley-Prôle

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a neurobiography of the brain, from the womb to Alzheimer's

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D.F. Swaab ; translated by Jane Hedley-Prôle

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• We are our brains : a neurobiography of the brain, from the womb to Alzheimer's

Publication

• New York, Spiegel & Grau, 2014

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• ©2014

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Includes index

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Contents

We are our brains -- Metaphors for the brain -- 1. Development, birth, and parental care -- Subtle interaction between mother and child at birth -- Difficult birth as the first symptom of a developmental brain disorder -- Maternal behavior -- Paternal behavior -- Importance of a stimulating environment for early brain development -- Memories from the womb -- 2. Threats to the fetal brain in the "safety" of the womb -- Developmental brain disorders caused by environmental factors -- Developmental brain disorders caused by addictive substances and medication -- The short-term outlook of the unborn child -- Does a fetus feel pain? -- Body integrity identity disorder, a bizarre developmental disorder -- 3. Sexual differentiation of the brain in the womb -- A typical boy or girl? -- Gender-based differences in behavior -- Heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality -- Homosexuality : no choice -- Homosexuality in the animal kingdom -- Transsexuality -- Pedophilia -- 4. Puberty, love, and sexual behavior -- The adolescent brain -- Adolescent behavior -- The brain in love -- Disorders of the brain and sexuality -- 5. Hypothalamus: survival, hormones, and emotions -- Hormone production by the hypothalamus and streams of urine -- Surviving without a hypothalamus -- Depression -- Prader-Willi Syndrome -- Obesity -- Cluster headache -- Narcolepsy -- Fits of laughter without emotion -- Anorexia Nervosa is a disease of the brain -- 6. Addictive substances -- Cannabis and psychoses -- Ecstasy : brain damage after pleasure -- Substance abuse by politicians -- 7. The brain and consciousness -- Neglect : half a life -- Coma and related conditions -- Brain structures crucial for consciousness -- Importance of functional links between brain structures for consciousness -- Illusions and loss of self-consciousness -- "Filling in" missing information -- Notions about the mechanisms of consciousness -- 8. Aggression -- Born aggressive -- Young and aggressive -- Aggression, brain disorders, and prison -- Guilt and punishment -- Violent while asleep -- 9. Autism -- Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant -- Autism, a developmental disorder -- Savants -- Brains of savants -- 10. Schizophrenia and other reasons for hallucinations -- Schizophrenia, a disease of all ages and cultures -- Schizophrenia symptoms -- Schizophrenia, a developmental brain disorder -- Hallucinations due to a lack of stimuli -- Other hallucinations -- 11. Repair and electric stimulation -- Age-related blindness : macular degeneration -- Serendipity -- Deep brain stimulation -- Brain stimulation and happiness -- 12. The brain and sports -- Neuropornography : boxing -- Sex and the Olympic Games -- Death of the fittest -- 13. Moral behavior -- Prefrontal cortex : initiative, planning, speech, personality, and moral behavior -- Moral behavior : the human in the animal -- Unconscious moral behavior -- Moral networks -- What nature teaches us about a better society -- 14. Memory -- Kandel's research into memory and the collective amnesia of the Austrians -- The anatomy of memory -- The path to long-term memory -- Separate memory storage -- The implicit memory in the cerebellum -- 15. Neurotheology: the brain and religion -- Why are so many people religious? -- Evolutionary advantage of religion -- The religious brain -- A better world without religion? -- Unclean mussels and women -- Praying for another : a placebo for yourself -- Religious mania -- Temporal lobe epilepsy : messages from God -- Public reactions to my views on religion -- 16. There isn't more between Heaven and Earth -- Soul versus mind -- Heart and soul -- Pseudoscientific explanations of near-death experiences -- Effective placebos -- Traditional Chines medicine : sometimes more than a placebo -- Herbal therapy -- 17. Free will, a pleasant illusion -- Free will versus choice -- The brain as a giant, unconscious computer -- The unconscious will -- What free will isn't -- Free will and brain disorders -- 18. Alzheimer's disease -- Aging of the brain, Alzheimer's Disease, and other forms of Dementia -- Alzheimer's : the stages of deterioration -- "Use it or lose it" : reactivating neurons in Alzheimer's Disease -- Pain and Dementia -- Alzheimer's and the right moment for choosing to end one's life -- 19. Death -- The magic of life and death -- Dr. Deijman and Black Jan -- Civic disintegration course : dead obvious -- Netherlands Brain Bank -- Herbs for log life after death -- 20. Evolution -- Negotiation and increase in brain size -- The evolution of the brain -- Molecular evolution -- 21. Conclusion

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25 cm

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First U.S. edition.

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xxvi, 417 pages

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9780812982930

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2013020412

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