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Adams And Victor's Principles Of Neurologyby Raymond D. Adams, Maurice Victor, Robert H. Brown, Allan H. RopperISBN 007141620X (0-07-141620-X)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adams And Victor's Principles Of Neurology'Book summary:A new take on the classic, definitive text on the full spectrum of neurology. Reflecting a modern approach to neurology, Adams and Victorýs Principles of Neurology, 8/e new format highlights a more complete and accessible approaches to treatment and clinical management strategies. This thoroughly revised edition features more coverage of treatment and neuroimaging, renown signs and symptoms sections integrated throughout, and over 800 illustrations. [via]
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Basic Neurologyby John GilroyISBN 0080403018 (0-08-040301-8)
Softcover, Pergamon Press
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Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychologyby Martha J. Farah, Todd E. FeinbergISBN 007020361X (0-07-020361-X)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychology'Book summary:This comprehensive work reflects the state-of-the-art in both the clinical and theoretical aspects of brain-behaviour studies, with an emphasis on the clinical. It features coverage of disorders of: perception; attention and awareness; frontal, collosal and subcortical syndromes; delirium and dementia; emotional disorders; and neurobehavioural disorders in children. [via]
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The Best American Science Writing 2004by Dava Sobel, Jesse CohenISBN 0060726393 (0-06-072639-3)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Science Writing 2004'Book summary:Jennifer Kahn's "Stripped for Parts" was selected as the lead story of this year's Best American Science Writing because, as Dava Sobel, best-selling author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, reveals, "it begins with one of the most arresting openings I have ever read." In "Columbia's Last Flight," William Langewiesche recounts the February 1, 2003, space shuttle tragedy, along with the investigation into the nationwide complacency that brought the ship down. K. C. Cole's "Fun with Physics" is a profile of astrophysicist Janet Conrad that blends her personal life with professional activity. In "Desperate Measures," the doctor and writer Atul Gawande profiles the surgeon Francis Daniels Moore, whose experiments in the 1940s and '50s pushed medicine harder and farther than almost anyone had contemplated. Also included is a poem by the legendary John Updike, "Mars as Bright as Venus." The collection ends with Diane Ackerman's "ebullient" essay "We Are All a Part of Nature."
Together these twenty-three articles on a wide range of today's most current topics in science -- from biology, physics, biotechnology, and astronomy, to anthropology, genetics, evolutionary theory, and cognition represent the full spectrum of scientific writing from America's most prominent science authors, proving once again that "good science writing is evidently plentiful" (Scientific American).
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Cluster Headache and Related Conditionsby Jes Olesen, Peter J. GoadsbyISBN 0192630733 (0-19-263073-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Clinical Introductionby Rosaleen A. McCarthy, Elizabeth K. WarringtonISBN 0124818463 (0-12-481846-3)
Softcover, Academic Pr
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The Epilepsies : Etiologies and Preventionby Prakash Kotagal, Hans O. LudersISBN 0124221505 (0-12-422150-5)
Hardcover, Academic Press, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Epilepsies : Etiologies and Prevention'Book summary:Tremendous advances in our understanding of epilepsy have occurred in the last two decades. Techniques such as electroencephalography, neuroimaging, neurosurgery and neuropsychology are giving us a better understanding of the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Additionally major breakthroughs are taking place in the laboratories of scientists studying genetics, embryogenesis, neuropathology, neurochemistry and pharmacology. These advances provide a much better understanding of why patients develop epilepsy, reshaping the way in which the epileptic patient is cared for. This book presents the most current information on the various etiologies of epilepsy, their treatments, and their possible prevention. Kotagal and Lüders have assembled 80 internationally known experts to compile this authoritative, comprehensive, and well-rounded work.
The Epilepsies is a one-of-a-kind reference that will be of interest to specialists and basic scientists involved in the study of epilepsy, adult and pediatric neurologists, neurosurgeons, residents and fellows in these areas, and pediatricians who frequently encounter children with neurological problems. This major work brings together the most up-to-date research on the causes of epilepsy and other associated diseases which cause seizures. It presents data on infections, trauma, mesial temporal sclerosis, cerebral dysgenesis, brain tumors, vascular lesions, stroke, as well as genetic, metabolic and toxic causes of epilepsy. The book also looks at drug treatment and new surgical techniques that have proven useful in alleviating epileptic and other related seizures.
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* More than 65 chapters are organized into the following sections:
* Cerebral Dysgenesis
* Mesial Temporal Sclerosis
* Postinfectious Epilepsy
* Posttraumatic Epilepsy
* Neoplastic Causes of Epilepsy
* Vascular Causes of Epilepsy
* Non-Heriditary Myoclonic Epilepsy
* Metabolic and Toxic Causes of Epilepsy
* Etiologies of Neonatal Seizures
* Psychogenic Seizures
* Genetic Causes of Epilepsy [via]More editions of The Epilepsies : Etiologies and Prevention:
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The Ethical Brain: The Science of Our Moral Dilemmasby Michael S. GazzanigaISBN 0060884738 (0-06-088473-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ethical Brain: The Science of Our Moral Dilemmas'Book summary:A provocative and fascinating look at new discoveries about the brain that challenge our ethics
The rapid advance of scientific knowledge has raised ethical dilemmas that humankind has never before had to address. Questions about the moment when life technically begins and ends or about the morality of genetically designing babies are now relevant and timely. Our ever-increasing knowledge of the workings of the human brain can guide us in the formation of new moral principles in the twenty-first century. In The Ethical Brain, preeminent neuroscientist Michael S. Gazzaniga presents the emerging social and ethical issues arising out of modern-day brain science and challenges the way we look at them. Courageous and thought-provoking -- a work of enormous intelligence, insight, and importance -- this book explores the hitherto uncharted landscape where science and society intersect.
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Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeingby R. L. GregoryISBN 0070246602 (0-07-024660-2)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Febrile Seizuresby Tallie Z. Baram, Shlomo ShinnarISBN 0120781417 (0-12-078141-7)
Hardcover, Academic Pr
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From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Eraby Edward ShorterISBN 0029286670 (0-02-928667-0)
Softcover, Free Pr
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Girlfriend in a Comaby Douglas CouplandISBN 0060987324 (0-06-098732-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Girlfriend in a Coma'Book summary:In this latest novel from the poet laureate of Gen X--who is himself now a dangerously mature 36--boy does indeed meet girl. The year is 1979, and the lovers get right down to business in a very Couplandian bit of plein air intercourse: "Karen and I deflowered each other atop Grouse Mountain, among the cedars beside a ski slope, atop crystal snow shards beneath penlight stars. It was a December night so cold and clear that the air felt like the air of the Moon--lung-burning; mentholated and pure; hint of ozone, zinc, ski wax, and Karen's strawberry shampoo." Are we in for an archetypal '80s romance, played out against a pop-cultural backdrop? Nope. Only hours after losing her virginity, Karen loses consciousness as well--for almost two decades. The narrator and his circle soldier on, making the slow progression from debauched Vancouver youths to semiresponsible adults. Several end up working on a television series that bears a suspicious resemblance to The X-Files (surely a self-referential wink on the author's part). And then ... Karen wakes up. Her astonishment--which suggests a 20th-century, substance-abusing Rip Van Winkle--dominates the second half of the novel, and gives Coupland free reign to muse about time, identity, and the meaning (if any) of the impending millennium. Alas, he also slaps a concluding apocalypse onto the novel. As sleeping sickness overwhelms the populace, the world ends with neither a bang nor a whimper, but a universal yawn--which doesn't, fortunately, outweigh the sweetness, oddity, and ironic smarts of everything that has preceded it. [via]
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How the Brain Evolvedby Alain ProchiantzISBN 0070509298 (0-07-050929-8)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How the Brain Evolved'Book summary:Part of a series which aims to inform non-specialists about recent developments in science, this book examines the recent discovery of the genes that influence the development of the brain in the embryo. The book describes the basics of cerebral structure, cell formation, the mechanisms by which the brain controls thoughts and emotions, recent theories on thought and language, and the nature of human consciousness. [via]
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The Human Brainby M. C. WittrockISBN 0134446615 (0-13-444661-5)
Hardcover, Prentice-Hall
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Human Brain Functionby John C. Mazziotta, Karl J. Friston, Christopher D. Frith, Raymond J. Dolan, Richard S. J. FrackowiakISBN 0122648404 (0-12-264840-4)
Hardcover, Academic Pr
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Human Facial Expression: An Evolutionary Viewby Alan J. FridlundISBN 0122676300 (0-12-267630-0)
Hardcover, Academic Pr
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Localization and Neuroimaging in Neuropsychologyby Andrew Kertesz, Laird S. CermarkISBN 012405045X (0-12-405045-X)
Hardcover, Academic Press, Incorporated
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The Mechanism of Mindby Edward De BonoISBN 0140137874 (0-14-013787-4)
Softcover, Intl Center for Creative Thinking
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The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Forceby Jeffrey M. Schwartz, Sharon BegleyISBN 0060988479 (0-06-098847-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Mind, Brain, and Consciousness: The Neuropsychology of Cognitionby Jason W. BrownISBN 0121375501 (0-12-137550-1)
Hardcover, Academic Pr
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Neuroimaging: A Companion to Adams & Victor's Principles of Neurologyby Jack O. GreenbergISBN 0070243085 (0-07-024308-5)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Neurologic Examination: Incorporating the Fundamentals of Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiologyby Russell N. DejongISBN 0061406929 (0-06-140692-9)
Hardcover, Medical Dept., Harper & Row
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Neurology of Hereditary Metabolic Diseases of Childrenby Raymond D. Adams, Gilles Lyon, Edwin H. KolodnyISBN 0070003890 (0-07-000389-0)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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Neuronal Man: The Biology of Mindby Jean-Pierre ChangeuxISBN 0192177508 (0-19-217750-8)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nestby Ken KeseyISBN 0140043128 (0-14-004312-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'Book summary:"Powerful, poetic realism...makes the tired old subject of life in a mental hospital into an absorbing Orwellian microcosm of all humanity."- Life . An international bestseller and the basis for a hugely successful film, Ken Kesey 's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the defining works of the 1960s. This Viking Critical Library edition is accompanied by essays, discussion topics, a chronology, and a bibliography. A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, the novel chronicles the head-on collision between its hell-raising, life-affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Big Nurse. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward like a blast of fresh air and turns the place upside down, starting a gambling operation, smuggling in wine and women, and egging on the other patients to join him in open rebellion. But McMurphy's revolution against Big Nurse and everything she stands for quickly turns from sport to a fierce power struggle with shattering results. With One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , Kesey created a work without precedent in American literature, a novel at once comic and tragic that probes the nature of madness and sanity, authority and vitality. Greeted by unanimous acclaim when it was first published, the book has become and enduring favorite of readers. [via]
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Softcover, Penguin Group USA - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest: ISBN 0141181222 (0-14-118122-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest: ISBN 0140155090 (0-14-015509-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest: ISBN 0142000744 (0-14-200074-4)
Softcover, Penguin USA - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest: ISBN 0140043128 (0-14-004312-8)
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Pharmacological Management of Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorderby Joseph T. Coyle, S. J. EnnaISBN 0070217645 (0-07-021764-5)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Pinnacle of Life: Consciousness and Self-Awareness in Humans and Animalsby Derek DentonISBN 0062511246 (0-06-251124-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Primer on Cerebrovascular Diseasesby K. M. A. Welch, Louis R. Caplan, Donald J. Reis, Bo K. Siesjo, Bryce WeirISBN 0127431713 (0-12-743171-3)
Softcover, Academic Pr
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Principles of Neural Scienceby KandelISBN 0071390111 (0-07-139011-1)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Principles of Neural Science'Book summary:Now updated: the definitive neuroscience resourcefrom Eric R. Kandel, MD (winner of the Nobel Prize in 2000); James H. Schwartz, MD, PhD; Thomas M. Jessell, PhD; Steven A. Siegelbaum, PhD; and A. J. Hudspeth, PhD
900 full-color illustrations
Deciphering the link between the human brain and behavior has always been one of the most intriguingand often challengingaspects of scientific endeavor. The sequencing of the human genome, and advances in molecular biology, have illuminated the pathogenesis of many neurological diseases and have propelled our knowledge of how the brain controls behavior.
To grasp the wider implications of these developments and gain a fundamental understanding of this dynamic, fast-moving field, Principles of Neuroscience stands alone as the most authoritative and indispensible resource of its kind.
In this classic text, prominent researchers in the field expertly survey the entire spectrum of neural science, giving an up-to-date, unparalleled view of the discipline for anyone who studies brain and mind. Here, in one remarkable volume, is the current state of neural science knowledgeranging from molecules and cells, to anatomic structures and systems, to the senses and cognitive functionsall supported by more than 900 precise, full-color illustrations. In addition to clarifying complex topics, the book also benefits from a cohesive organization, beginning with an insightful overview of the interrelationships between the brain, nervous system, genes, and behavior. Principles of Neural Science then proceeds with an in-depth examination of the molecular and cellular biology of nerve cells, synaptic transmission, and the neural basis of cognition. The remaining sections illuminate how cells, molecules, and systems give us sight, hearing, touch, movement, thought, learning, memories, and emotions.
The new fifth edition of Principles of Neural Science is thoroughly updated to reflect the tremendous amount of research, and the very latest clinical perspectives, that have significantly transformed the field within the last decade.
Ultimately, Principles of Neural Science affirms that all behavior is an expression of neural activity, and that the future of clinical neurology and psychiatry hinges on the progress of neural science. Far exceeding the scope and scholarship of similar texts, this unmatched guide offers a commanding, scientifically rigorous perspective on the molecular mechanisms of neural function and diseaseone that youll continually rely on to advance your comprehension of brain, mind, and behavior.
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- The cornerstone reference in the field of neuroscience that explains how the nerves, brain, and mind function
- Clear emphasis on how behavior can be examined through the electrical activity of both individual neurons and systems of nerve cells
- Current focus on molecular biology as a tool for probing the pathogenesis of many neurological diseases, including muscular dystrophy, Huntington disease, and certain forms of Alzheimers disease
- More than 900 engaging full-color illustrationsincluding line drawings, radiographs, micrographs, and medical photographs clarify often-complex neuroscience concepts
- Outstanding section on the development and emergence of behavior, including important coverage of brain damage repair, the sexual differentiation of the nervous system, and the aging brain
- NEW! More detailed discussions of cognitive and behavioral functions, and an expanded review of cognitive processes
- NEW! A focus on the increasing importance of computational neural science, which enhances our ability to record the brains electrical activity and study cognitive processes more directly
- NEW! Chapter-opening Key Concepts provide a convenient, study-enhancing introduction to the material covered in each chapter
- Selected Readings and full reference citations at the close of each chapter facilitate further study and research
- Helpful appendices highlight basic circuit theory; the neurological examination of the patient; circulation of the brain; the blood-brain barrier, choroid plexus, and cerebrospinal fluid; neural networks; and theoretical approaches to neuroscience/ul> [via]
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Principles of Neurologyby Maurice Victor, Allan H. Ropper, Adams, Raymond D., M.A.ISBN 0070674396 (0-07-067439-6)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Rat Nervous Systemby George PaxinosISBN 0125476353 (0-12-547635-3)
Hardcover, Academic Pr
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The Right Brain Experienceby Marilee ZdenekISBN 0070727376 (0-07-072737-6)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Right Brain Experience: An Intimate Program to Free the Powers of Your Imaginationby Marilee ZdenekISBN 0070727449 (0-07-072744-9)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Synopsis of Neuroanatomyby Howard A. Matzke, Floyd M. FoltzISBN 0195015118 (0-19-501511-8)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Three-Pound Universeby Judith Hooper, Dick TeresiISBN 002553680X (0-02-553680-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Throwing Madonna: Essays on the Brainby William H. ClavinISBN 0070096643 (0-07-009664-3)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Wet Mindby Stephen M. Kosslyn, Olivier KoenigISBN 0028740858 (0-02-874085-8)
Softcover, Free Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wet Mind: The New Cognitive Neuroscience'Book summary:How do our brains allow us to recognize objects and locate them accurately in space, use mental imagery to remember yesterday's breakfast, read, understand speech, learn to dance, and recall a new telephone number? Recent breakthroughs in brain scanning and computing techniques have allowed researchers to plumb the secrets of the healthy brain's operation; simultaneously, much new information has been learned about the nature and causes of neuropsychological deficits in animals and humans following various sorts of brain damage in different locations. In this first comprehensive, integrated, and accessible overview of recent insights into how the brain gives rise to mental activity, the authors explain the fundamental concepts behind and the key discoveries that draw on neural network computer models, brain scans, and behavioral studies. Drawing on this analysis, the authors also present an intriguing theory of consciousness. In addition, this paperback edition contains an epilogue in which the authors discuss the latest research on emotion and cognition and present new information on working memory. [via]
Why We Hurt: The Natural History of Painby Frank T. VertosickISBN 0156014033 (0-15-601403-3)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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Why We Hurt : The Natural History of Painby Vertosick, Frank T., Jr.ISBN 0151003777 (0-15-100377-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt Trade Publishers
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Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Languageby Steven PinkerISBN 0060958405 (0-06-095840-5)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language'Book summary:Human languages are capable of expressing a literally endless number of different ideas. How do we manage it--so effortlessly that we scarcely ever stop to think about it? In Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language, a look at the simple concepts that we use to devise works as complex as love sonnets and tax laws, renowned neuroscientist and linguist Steven Pinker shows us how. The latest linguistic research suggests that each of us stores a limited (though large) number of words and word-parts in memory and manipulates them with a much smaller number of rules to produce every writing and utterance, and Pinker explains every step of the way with engaging good humor.
Pinker's enthusiasm for the subject infects the reader, particularly as he emphasizes the relation between how we communicate and how we think. What does it mean that a small child who has never heard the word wug can tell a researcher that when one wug meets another, there are two wugs? Some rule must be telling the child that English plurals end in -s, which also explains mistakes like mouses. Is our communication linked inextricably with our thinking? Pinker says yes, and it's hard to disagree. Words and Rules is an excellent introduction to and overview of current thinking about language, and will greatly reward the careful reader with new ways of thinking about how we think, talk, and write. --Rob Lightner [via]
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