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Brain Chemistry

Stephen Black sblack at UBISHOPS.CA
Thu Apr 2 13:03:21 EST 1998


On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Preetam Banerjee wrote:

> For memory, try looking up Hebb's Cell Assemblies.
> 
> > I would like to find some information about the brain. About how the brain
> > think and remember things. Can anyone of you have these information? Or is
> > there a homepage talking about it? If yes, please e-mail to me. Thanks.
> > 
> > Toby Chan
> > cwh at usa.net

Well, I think the title is actually _The Organization of Behavior_ and
as it was published in 1949, it's probably a tad out-of-date, even if
it is a remarkable work (I had the honour to take Introductory
Psychology from Donald Hebb as my first course in psychology).  We
have moved along somewhat in our understanding of the brain in the
last 49 years.

A better starting point is one of the many excellent textbooks of
neuropsychology or physiological psychology. Two that I recommend are:

Kalat, J. (1998). Biological Psychology, 6th ed. Brooks/Cole

Kolb, B., & Whishaw, I. (My edition is 1990 but there must be a more
  recent). _Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology_. W.H. Freeman.

There's also lots of stuff on the web. A search on a likely key word
will easily turn up plenty.

-Stephen

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