From Axons to Identity: Neurological Explorations of the Nature of the Self

by Todd E. Feinberg and Todd E. Feinberg MD

Book Overview

What can dementia, delusions, and other neurological disorders teach us about how the brain creates personal identity and a unified sense of self? Here, a leading neurobiologist offers an intriguing scientific approach to understanding the neurobiology of the self.

Drawing on both the latest neuroscientific research, as well as the author's decades of experience with neurological patients, From Axons to Identity examines the link between brain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393705579
• ISBN13: 9780393705577
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"