The Resource Our fragile brains : a Christian perspective on brain research, D. Gareth Jones
Our fragile brains : a Christian perspective on brain research, D. Gareth Jones
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (282 pages
- Note
- Includes indexes
- Contents
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- 1. Two handfuls of pinkish-grey matter : History of ideas on the brain ; The brain as a system ; The cerebral hemispheres ; The world of the nerve cells ; The Christian stake in brain control -- 2. Language and consciousness : Language and its production ; Language in chimpanzees ; The human brain and humanness ; Two hemispheres in one brain ; Respective functions of the hemispheres ; Significance of two hemispheres -- 3. Damaged brains and diseased personalities : Brain and personality ; Case histories ; Organization of the cerebral hemispheres ; Examples of brain lesions ; Responses to brain damage -- 4. Brain control : The domain of psychosurgery ; Examples of psychosurgery ; The violence paradigm ; Electrical stimulation of the brain ; Brain modification and personal identity
- 5. Behavior control : Pharmacological and psychological engineering ; The psychotropic maze ; Nonmedicinal tranquilizers ; Hallucinogens ; From psychological malaise to mood control ; Psychological conditioning -- 6. Environmental influences on the brain : The human face of malnutrition ; Consequences of malnutrition for the brain ; The brain's environment ; Malnutrition in a wider environment ; Inequality and human responsibility -- 7. The new consciousness : Transcending the physical ; Biofeedback ; Transcendental meditation ; Individual consciousness ; The analytical and the intuitive -- 8. The human brain and the human person : The demise of the mind ; Mental phenomena and the brain ; Contemporary dualism ; Brains and persons ; Human dignity and human aspirations
- Label
- Our fragile brains : a Christian perspective on brain research
- Title
- Our fragile brains
- Title remainder
- a Christian perspective on brain research
- Statement of responsibility
- D. Gareth Jones
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1940-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jones, D. Gareth
- Dewey number
- 153
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QP376
- LC item number
- .J58
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- CC1231
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Brain
- Human behavior
- Theological anthropology
- Behavior
- Christianity
- Brain
- Cerveau
- Comportement humain
- Homme (Théologie chrétienne)
- Brain
- Human behavior
- Theological anthropology
- Label
- Our fragile brains : a Christian perspective on brain research, D. Gareth Jones
- Note
- Includes indexes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-282)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- 1. Two handfuls of pinkish-grey matter : History of ideas on the brain ; The brain as a system ; The cerebral hemispheres ; The world of the nerve cells ; The Christian stake in brain control -- 2. Language and consciousness : Language and its production ; Language in chimpanzees ; The human brain and humanness ; Two hemispheres in one brain ; Respective functions of the hemispheres ; Significance of two hemispheres -- 3. Damaged brains and diseased personalities : Brain and personality ; Case histories ; Organization of the cerebral hemispheres ; Examples of brain lesions ; Responses to brain damage -- 4. Brain control : The domain of psychosurgery ; Examples of psychosurgery ; The violence paradigm ; Electrical stimulation of the brain ; Brain modification and personal identity
- 5. Behavior control : Pharmacological and psychological engineering ; The psychotropic maze ; Nonmedicinal tranquilizers ; Hallucinogens ; From psychological malaise to mood control ; Psychological conditioning -- 6. Environmental influences on the brain : The human face of malnutrition ; Consequences of malnutrition for the brain ; The brain's environment ; Malnutrition in a wider environment ; Inequality and human responsibility -- 7. The new consciousness : Transcending the physical ; Biofeedback ; Transcendental meditation ; Individual consciousness ; The analytical and the intuitive -- 8. The human brain and the human person : The demise of the mind ; Mental phenomena and the brain ; Contemporary dualism ; Brains and persons ; Human dignity and human aspirations
- Extent
- 1 online resource (282 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1050255143
- Label
- Our fragile brains : a Christian perspective on brain research, D. Gareth Jones
- Note
- Includes indexes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-282)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 1. Two handfuls of pinkish-grey matter : History of ideas on the brain ; The brain as a system ; The cerebral hemispheres ; The world of the nerve cells ; The Christian stake in brain control -- 2. Language and consciousness : Language and its production ; Language in chimpanzees ; The human brain and humanness ; Two hemispheres in one brain ; Respective functions of the hemispheres ; Significance of two hemispheres -- 3. Damaged brains and diseased personalities : Brain and personality ; Case histories ; Organization of the cerebral hemispheres ; Examples of brain lesions ; Responses to brain damage -- 4. Brain control : The domain of psychosurgery ; Examples of psychosurgery ; The violence paradigm ; Electrical stimulation of the brain ; Brain modification and personal identity
- 5. Behavior control : Pharmacological and psychological engineering ; The psychotropic maze ; Nonmedicinal tranquilizers ; Hallucinogens ; From psychological malaise to mood control ; Psychological conditioning -- 6. Environmental influences on the brain : The human face of malnutrition ; Consequences of malnutrition for the brain ; The brain's environment ; Malnutrition in a wider environment ; Inequality and human responsibility -- 7. The new consciousness : Transcending the physical ; Biofeedback ; Transcendental meditation ; Individual consciousness ; The analytical and the intuitive -- 8. The human brain and the human person : The demise of the mind ; Mental phenomena and the brain ; Contemporary dualism ; Brains and persons ; Human dignity and human aspirations
- Extent
- 1 online resource (282 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1050255143
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