Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
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tunicates (sea squirts), 134, 135, 142
tuning, 50–57, 63, 151
U
The Ultimate Droodles Compendium, 153–54
ultraviolet (UV) light and skin tone, 166
United States, 79, 93–95
V
vaccine effectiveness, 157
value of movement, 9, 138, 139
verbal aggression, 90–92, 155–58
vertebrates, 133–36, 139, 144
viscera and visceral systems, 138–39
visceromotor movements and system, 138–39. See also motor movements and systems; movement
vision and visual system
brain development and, 48–50, 56, 57
construction of experiences and, 69–70
evolution of, 4
line drawings, 68–69, 153–54
nervous system regulation and, 88
occipital cortex and, 37
prediction and, 64–65
retinas, 48, 57, 133, 163
sense data path to the brain, 163
visual cortex, 37–38, 149, 163
vocalization, 88
W
Waxman, Sandra R., 137
Western culture and minds, 98–99, 103–4
whales and whale brains, 23, 119
wiring of the brain. See under network structure of the brain
words. See also language
abstraction and, 118
body budgeting and, 88–90, 155
freedom versus dependence and, 93–97
social reality and, 112–13, 119–20
verbal aggression and abuse, 90–92, 155–58
wound healing, 157
Wrangham, Richard, 162
Y
Yugoslavia, breakup of, 122
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Footnotes
* The noun affect is pronounced with a short a as in apple, with the accent on the first syllable.
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