The brain what everyone needs to know 1st Edition by Gary Lee Wenk ISBN 0190603399 9780190603397

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ISBN 10:     0190603399   
ISBN 13: 978-0190603397
Author:     Gary Lee Wenk

The brain: what everyone needs to know 1st Table of contents:

1. What is Memory?

• What is a Memory?
• How are Memories Made?
• Do I Need to Pay Attention to Remember?
• Why Do I Forget Some Things and Not Others?
• How are Memories Recalled?
• Do Memories Last Forever?
• What is Amnesia?
• How Does the Brain Create a Memory?
• Why Are Alzheimer’s Patients So Forgetful?
• How is Memory Loss Treated?
• What Does a Memory Look Like?
• How Does Nicotine Influence Brain Function?

2. Understanding Emotions and Mental Health

• What is Fear?
• Why Are Close-Talkers So Frightening?
• What is Depression?
• How is Depression Treated?
• Why Do You Sleep Poorly When Depressed?
• Why is Depression So Common?
• What Role Does Serotonin Play in Depression?
• What is Bipolar Disorder?
• What is Schizophrenia?
• Why Do Schizophrenics Hear Voices?
• Are Dolphins Schizophrenic?
• How is Schizophrenia Treated?

3. Food, Drugs, and the Brain

• Why Do Plants Affect the Human Brain?
• How Do We Become Addicted to Foods and Drugs?
• Can I Blame It on My Parents?
• Why Am I Addicted to Caffeine?
• What Should I Eat to Feel Better?
• How Do I Stop Overeating?
• Is There a Best Time of Day to Eat?
• What About Carbohydrates?
• What About Fats?
• How Does Obesity Affect Brain Function?
• Why Do I Crave Fat and Sugar?
• Are We Predisposed to Obesity?
• How Do My Gut Bugs Keep My Brain Healthy?
• Can a Good Diet Make You Smarter?
• Is an Apple a Day Really Beneficial?
• Can Eating Certain Fruits Help You Lose Weight?
• Are Spices Good for My Brain?
• How Do Flavonoids Benefit Us?
• Is Chocolate Good for the Brain?
• Brain Toxins in the Diet

4. Sleep and Dreams

• What is Sleep?
• Why is Sleep So Important?
• What Other Daily Rhythms Do We Experience?
• What Happens When These Rhythms Are Disrupted?
• How Are Eating and Sleeping Related?
• How Does the Brain Control Its Rhythms?
• Why Do I Sometimes Wake Up Paralyzed?
• Why Do Some People Act Out Their Dreams?
• What Happens When I Dream?
• Why Do I Dream About Being Buried Alive?
• Are Children’s Dreams Different?
• What is a Lucid Dream?
• How Long Do Dreams Last?
• Does Sleep Timing Matter?
• Does It Matter Who I Sleep With?
• Why Do I Need Coffee in the Morning?
• Can You Get Too Much Sleep?
• What Happens When You Don’t Get Enough Sleep?
• How Does Aging Affect Sleep?

5. How Does the Brain Age?

• When Does Age-Related Decline Begin?
• How Can I Live Longer?
• How Does Eating Affect Aging?
• How Does Caloric Restriction Work?
• Which Brain Region Is Most Affected by Aging?
• How Can I Reduce Inflammation in My Brain?
• What is Parkinson’s Disease?
• How Does My Nervous System Change With Age?
• What Happens to My Vision, Hearing, and Balance with Aging?
• Why Do Things Feel Different As I Age?
• How Can I Slow Brain Aging?
• How Much Should I Restrict My Diet as I Age?
• What Happens If I’m Overweight as I Get Older?
• Do Miracle Cures for Brain Aging Exist?
• Why Do People Fall for Charlatans?
• What About Ginkgo?
• What is Pseudoscience?
• What is the Placebo Effect?

6. Brain Function and Organization

• Are Near-Death Experiences Real?
• How Do Nutrients and Drugs Reach My Brain?
• How is the Cortex Organized?
• Why Aren’t Human Brains Larger?
• How Does the Cortex Develop?
• How Do Male and Female Brains Differ?
• Are Bigger Brains Always Better?
• What is Neurogenesis?
• How Do We Think So Fast?
• What is Multiple Sclerosis?
• Does My Brain Work Perfectly All the Time?
• What Are Neurotransmitters and Their Role?
• How is My Brain Organized?
• What Happens in the Front Part of My Brain?
• How Does My Brain Produce Speech?
• What Happens in the Back of My Brain?
• Why Do I Daydream?
• Why Does the Brain Devote Time to Daydreaming?
• What is the Function of the Temporal Lobe?
• What is a Seizure?
• What is a Hallucination?
• What is Synesthesia?
• What Happens in the Parietal Lobe?
• What is the Cingulate Gyrus and Why Does It Matter?
• What is “The Little Brain” and What Does It Do?
• How Do the Right and Left Brain Communicate?

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