How Our Brains Become Who We Are Joseph LeDoux Additional Author mixed material bibliography Penguin 2003

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416 In 1996 Joseph LeDoux's <i>The Emotional Brain</i> presented a revelatory examination of the biological bases of our emotions and memories. Now, the world-renowned expert on the brain has produced with a groundbreaking work that tells a more profound story: how the little spaces between the neurons-the brain's synapses--are the channels through which we think, act, imagine, feel, and remember. Synapses encode the essence of personality, enabling each of us to function as a distinctive, integrated individual from moment to moment. Exploring the functioning of memory, the synaptic basis of mental illness and drug addiction, and the mechanism of self-awareness, <i>Synaptic Self</i> is a provocative and mind-expanding work that is destined to become a classic. Neuropsychology; Personality; Self 670030031 C2O library Online catalog (BETA) 612.82 LED Syn 57 C2O library & collabtive (Technology & Health) 10000 SynapticSelfHowOurBrains733_f.jpg 57 2015-01-02 09:50:52 2015-01-02 09:50:52 machine generated