Neural Activity and the Growth of the Brain

by Dale Purves

Book Overview

In succinct & clearly explained terms, this study explores the hypothesis that the neural activity generated by experience modulates the ongoing growth of the brain during maturation, thus sculpting a unique brain anatomy in each of us according to experience in early life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521455707
• ISBN13: 9780521455701
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"