Mapping The Mind

It has wonderful, 3D illustrations, and the language is easy enough to Mapping The Mind by Rita Carter is one of those serendipitous finds in books that make one forget all the overhyped titles to which we are exposed. This is more than a coffee table book for the layman We can actually observe a person's brain registering a joke or experiencing a painful memory.

Drawing on the latest imaging technology and the expertise of distinguished scientists, Rita Carter explores University of California Pr Bolero Ozon. Really readable and fascinating. The Kindle version, however, was unreadable on Kindle! The text was far too small and if I increased it, it was wider than the width of the screen so you'd have to scroll right to left. I had to download the Kindle app on my tablet and read it that way, which was fine, but I would have been well annoyed if I didn't have a tablet! Jun 25, Jill rated it liked it. I could see a bright eighth-grader getting a lot out of this book.

The subject matter is fascinating, and the language is nothing if not accessible to a general audience. That said, I was consistently annoyed at the numerous misprints and typesetting mistakes in my printing. Worse than a typo, the book refers to "Baysien" reasoning right after mentioning Thomas Bayes. For a detail-oriented person like me, this calls the whole text into question!

I used to do a bit of work for neuroscience journals, and reading articles regarding the subject itself one of the best perks of the job. Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia. So, for general understanding, this book is a great classic-layman introdu I used to do a bit of work for neuroscience journals, and reading articles regarding the subject itself one of the best perks of the job.

So, for general understanding, this book is a great classic-layman introduction to the basics of neuroscience, no doubt about that. Despite it being a simple introduction, I treated Mapping the Mind like a textbook, diligently taking notes for each chapter. There were points when reading Rita Carter was like follow the yellow-green pill road, subtly pushing pharms and behavioural psychology here and there.

To me, neuroscience, more than any other area, is that age old: All data has to be interpreted sometimes dubiously , and god only knows the never-ending sedimentary rock pattern of new theories above defunct theories. So, yeah, there is a lot in neuroscience I find fascinating as much as I still find bits of psychoanalysis fascinating 9yrs on , and a lot of it which I do take for fact studied linguistics so cog sci makes up that half of understanding. Regardless of my personal qualms, it is a very well presented introduction. Sep 14, Josh Lindenberger rated it liked it.

The medical marvel of the miraculous mind. The final organ that is shrouded in mystery is the brain; due to its ever-changing job, the brain cannot be studied like other organs. Even today, very little is truly known about this organs function--and power.

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First printed in , Mapping the Mind is an examination of the inner workings of the mind. This book delivers great insight into many medical disorders. This includes alien-hand syndrome, schizophrenia, and autism. These are a few of the in-de The medical marvel of the miraculous mind.

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These are a few of the in-depth topics Carter delves into. This book does a great job at representing the understandings of diseases, but the book does have its downfalls. The book also has many additional information articles scattered throughout the book that pertains to the information in the chapter. However, these blips interrupt the flow of the book, or the information is out of place by about five pages. I personally enjoyed this book.

However, if you are reading this book for good information, I am afraid this misses the mark. If you are in a medical history class, or studying different neurological diseases, this book is what you are looking for. While it may be a bit out-of-date, the information still resonates in the minds of neurologists around the world. A fascinating Introduction to the Mind This book opens up a series of new streams of analysis for me.

Over the last 1 month, I have become keenly interested in wanting to know how the human mind works. Rita Mayer's book gives a detailed overview of this landscape.

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The book has opened up absolutely new territory for me and I have bought 10 other books that take me in the directions of consciousness, language faculty and ethics. This is a lean-forward book. It requires the non-specialised reader's A fascinating Introduction to the Mind This book opens up a series of new streams of analysis for me. It requires the non-specialised reader's deep attention. But, for a serious book, it is unputdownable! Over the last 1 week, every day after work, I eagerly looked forward to reading it.

Highly recommended as a start to the journey of understanding the Mind Oct 16, Charlene rated it it was amazing. This was the first book I read on Neuroscience. I'd like to say I gobbled it up, but that isn't what happened. I took a bite and digested as well as I might, then again. Carter provides a brilliant work, with great pictures and photos to illustrate how our brains work according to the latest data of this amazing science. Her simple to understand explanations create ease in the mind of the reader.

If there is one problem, it is that too much happens on each page. Perhaps a much longer book, with This was the first book I read on Neuroscience. Perhaps a much longer book, with more leisurely spacing might help but overall, this was and is one of my "go to" books. Rita Carter is an exceptional and award winning science writer and in this book she maps out the geography of the latest science on the "mind". Highly accessible science writing including many photos of actual imaging of the human brain, patient anecdotes and sidebar discussions from the best minds in the field today.

She discusses current knowledge much thanks to recent technology improvements like fMRI on memory, consciousness, free will, abnormalities, obsessions, addictions, differences be Rita Carter is an exceptional and award winning science writer and in this book she maps out the geography of the latest science on the "mind". She discusses current knowledge much thanks to recent technology improvements like fMRI on memory, consciousness, free will, abnormalities, obsessions, addictions, differences between male and female brains etc.

Jul 28, Laurel rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Anyone who'd interested in the strictly physiological and chemical reasons for behaviors. This is a fun book to read as there are many interesting illustrations and inserts. It's also fascinating to understand how much of our personalities are DIRECTLY related to brain functions and that no two brains are even remotely alike.

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A great "lay person" read with quite a bit of historical information about how we used to think this baffling organ went about its business. Although we know so much, Carter has it right when she wonders if the human mind is smart enough to ever understand itsel This is a fun book to read as there are many interesting illustrations and inserts. Although we know so much, Carter has it right when she wonders if the human mind is smart enough to ever understand itself!?

Jan 20, Michael rated it it was ok. The book has its scientific credentials trimmed to a publicly-readable level, but inevitably presents facets that are either partially or wholly facimilous.

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A secondary issue suffered by popular scientifics is to discuss matters pertaining to a rapidly expanding field with contradictory opinions, therefore ageing the book and dwindling its meaning with the progression of time. Sadly, the book expostulates numerous interesting points without some or significant references to back up the statements The book has its scientific credentials trimmed to a publicly-readable level, but inevitably presents facets that are either partially or wholly facimilous.

Sadly, the book expostulates numerous interesting points without some or significant references to back up the statements, making further enquiry difficult. I have just finished reading this great introductory guide to the brain. It was fantastic as a introduction to brain function and neural anatomy. Very informative in so many ways. The author did a great job showing the relationships between brain anatomy and function.

The author used experimental evidence often to support the information presented. It was a bit weak on the significance of biochemical relationships but overall it was amazing!!! View all 3 comments. Aug 18, Ishan Nag rated it really liked it. A must read non fiction , i still love to visit it time and again. It updates you with what we now of our brain as in It's fascinating , very accessible at the same time not over-simplifying in nature. Has lots of pics and cases , even the language is lucid and absorbing.

Rare are the books which add to your perspective , this definitely ranks high on my list , it reminds us of our abilities as well as limitations as humans. Some of the recent discoveries exist simply on the level of curiosities. For instance, fMRI has been used to study why songs stick in our heads and why some people cannot appreciate music.

Researchers have also used fMRI to study how the brain responds when the body is tickled.

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Other studies may have more obvious applications in medicine. Last May, researchers in St. Louis published results of a comparative fMRI study of child and adult brain activity that found substantial differences in the ways the young and the old perform basic mental tasks. This may mean that the frontal cortex fully matures only later in life, which could have consequences for the treatment of brain injuries and even psychological disorders.

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According to press reports, about a dozen hospitals and research centers around the country are already using MRI technology to diagnose and assess conditions such as panic disorder, ADHD, and bipolar disorder. A study presented last November at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience showed a strong connection between feelings of sadness and activity in a specific structure in the brain; that study might someday help in the diagnosis and treatment of clinical depression.

Such diagnoses are still fairly crude, and at this point insurance companies will only pay for MRI scans used to rule out tumors or strokes as the causes of psychiatric conditions. In just the past two years, fMRI has been used to study the brain activities of liars, laughers, and lovers, and of people who were smiling, thinking, sexually aroused, or watching violence on television.