UID:
edocfu_9960117131302883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-16046-4
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0-511-33634-9
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1-281-11279-8
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9786611112790
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0-511-33814-7
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1-139-13058-7
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0-511-33758-2
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0-511-54169-4
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0-511-33699-3
Content:
The last 20 years have seen an explosion of research and development in the neurosciences. Indeed, some have called this first decade of the 21st century 'the decade of the mind'. An all-encompassing term, the neurosciences cover such fields as biology, psychology, neurology, psychiatry and philosophy and include anatomy, physiology, molecular biology, genetics and behaviour. It is now a major industry with billions of dollars of funding invested from both public and private sectors. Huge progress has been made in our understanding of the brain and its functions. However, with progress comes controversy, responsibility and dilemma. The New Brain Sciences: Perils and Prospects examines the implications of recent discoveries in terms of our sense of individual responsibility and personhood. With contributing chapters from respected and influential names in neuroscience, law, psychology, philosophy and sociology, The New Brain Sciences should kick-start a discussion of where neuroscience is headed.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Do we ever really act? /
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The definition of human nature /
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Consciousness and the limits of neurobiology /
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Mind metaphors, neurosciences and ethics /
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Genetic and generic determinism : a new threat to free will? /
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Human action, neuroscience and the law /
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Responsibility and the law /
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Programmed or licensed to kill? : the new biology of femicide /
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Genes, responsibility and the law /
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The neurosciences : the danger that we will think that we have understood it all /
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On dissecting the genetic basis of behaviour and intelligence /
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Prospects and perils of stem cell repair of the central nervous system : a brief guide to current science /
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The use of human embryonic stem cells for research : an ethical evaluation /
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The Prozac story /
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Psychopharmacology at the interface between the market and the new biology /
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Education in the age of Ritalin /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-53714-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-83009-5
Language:
English
