Published January, 2012
By John E. Dowling
Publisher: The Belknap Press
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The Retina (1987) quickly became the most widely recognized introduction to the structure and function of retinal cells. In this easy-to-read Revised Edition, John Dowling draws on twenty-five years of new research to produce an interdisciplinary synthesis focused on how retinal function contributes to our understanding of brain mechanisms.

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Published December, 2010
By Richard J. McNally
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Describes the intense political and intellectual struggles over what counts as a 'real' disorder, and what goes into the 'DSM', the psychiatric bible. This title offers questions for patients and professionals alike to help understand, and cope with, the sorrows and psychopathologies of everyday life.

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Published October, 2009
By John S. Allen
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Presents an exploration of the evolution of brain based on the work in paleo-anthropology, brain anatomy and neuroimaging, molecular genetics, life history theory, and related fields. This book shows us the brain as a product of the contexts in which it evolved: phylogenetic, somatic, genetic, ecological, demographic, and cultural-linguistic.

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Published September, 2009
By Michael J. Sandel
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Breakthroughs in genetics present us with a promise and a predicament. Although most people find at least some forms of genetic engineering disquieting, it is not easy to articulate why. This work explores these and other moral quandaries connected with the quest to perfect ourselves and our children.

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Published October, 2008
By David J. Linden
Publisher: The Belknap Press
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A guide to the strange and often illogical world of neural function, this book shows how the brain is not an optimized, general-purpose problem-solving machine, but rather a weird agglomeration of ad-hoc solutions that have been piled on through millions of years of evolutionary history.

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