Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 1 The Promise of Neuroscience; 3 2 Major Structures and Functions of the Brain; 4 3 Glimpses of the Living Brain; 5 4 The Role of the Brain in Mental Illness; 6 5 From Chemistry to Circuitry; 7 6 The Development and Shaping of the Brain; 8 7 From Perception to Attention; 9 8 Learning, Recalling, and Thinking; 10 9 Sizing Up the Promise; 11 Suggested Readings; 12 Acknowledgments; 13 Proclamation; 14 Index; 15 Color Plates

About the Author

by Sandra Ackerman for the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences