Dowling The Great Brain Debate

Nature or Nurture?
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4138-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten

Reihe: Science Essentials

John E. Dowling is the Llura and Gordon Gund Professor of Neurosciences and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University. He has received numerous awards, including the Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dowling, John E.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1

Part I: The Developing Brain

Chapter 1: Building a Brain 7

Chapter 2: Maturing a Brain 33

Chapter 3: Developing Behaviors 57

Part II: The Adult Brain

Chapter 4: Teaching Older Dogs New Tricks 83

Chapter 5: Controversies: New Neurons and Genes and Behavior 111

Part III: The Aging Brain

Chapter 6: Is Aging of the Brain a Disease? 139

Conclusions (and Speculations) 161

Further Reading 175

Figure Credits 177

Index 179

Über Autor(innen)

John E. Dowling is the Llura and Gordon Gund Professor of Neurosciences and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University. He has received numerous awards, including the Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research.