THE ACCIDENTAL MIND --- HOW BRAIN EVOLUTION HAS GIVEN US LOVE, MEMORY, DREAMS, AND GOD
by David J. Linden. Belnap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007
    PROLOGUE

    This book represents a biological viewpoint of how the brain works --- with an attitude! It provides an overview of brain function and the linkage between psychological behavior and brain processes. (p1-4)

      1) The "inelegant design" of the brain (p5-27)

      2) Building a brain with yesterday's parts (p28-49)

      3) Some assembly required (p50-81)

      4) Sensation and emotion (p82-106)

      5) Learning, memory, and human individuality (p107-144)

      6) Love and sex (p145-183)

      7) Sleeping and dreaming (p184-220)

      8) The religious impulse (p221-234)

      9) The "unintelligent design" of the brain (p235-246)

    EPILOGUE --- That "middle thing" (p247-256)

    FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES (p257-263)

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (p264-266)

    INDEX (p267-276)

      David J. Linden is Professor of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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