Book

Conversations with Neil's brain : the neural nature of thought and language / William H. Calvin, George A. Ojemann.

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General Note:	"A William Patrick book." "First printing, April 1994; first paperback printing, April 1995"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-296) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A window to the brain -- Losing consciousness -- Seeing the brain speak -- If language is left, what's right? -- The problems with paying attention -- The personality of the lowly neuron -- The what and where of memory -- How are memories made? -- What's up front -- When things go wrong with thought and mood -- Tuning up the brain by pruning -- Acquiring and reacquiring language -- Taking apart the visual image -- How the brain subdivides language -- Why can we read so well? -- Stringing things together in novel ways -- Deep in the temporal lobe, just across from the brain stem -- In search of the narrator.