cognitive neuroscience

Describes how the top and bottom parts of the brain work together, and introduces four modes of thought: Mover, Perceiver, Stimulator, and Adaptor.

Contains nearly fifty articles reprinted from the Science Times section of "The New York Times" from 1992 to 2000 which report on scientific discoveries in the field of brain research, covering the senses, mood and emotions, memory, language, the mind, sleep, and other topics.

Explores how the intellectual evolution of man was forever altered when, just a few thousand years ago, the human brain evolved enough to learn how to read and understand written words.

Describes research in brain assymetry and brain-behavior relationships, drawing from normal, split-brain, and brain-damaged cases to discuss such topics as left-handedness, sex differences, psychiatric illness, learning disabilities, and theories of consciousness.

Presents twenty-six articles from the pages of "Scientific American" magazine, in which the authors, including scientists, clinicians, and other experts, discuss various aspects of the workings of the human brain.

Presents the author's theory on the way humans form beliefs, arguing that the brain looks for patterns in sensory data, attaches meaning to these patterns, and then searches for confirmatory evidence in support of these beliefs.