Wet Mind: The New Cognitive Neuroscience
- ISBN-10
- 002917595X
- ISBN-13
- 9780029175958
- Category
- Brain
- Pages
- 548
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Stephen Michael Kosslyn, Olivier Koenig
Description
A readable synthesis of a decade's work in neurobiology, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and medicine provides a fascinating update on the latest developments in the study of the structure and function of the mind and brain. 15,000 first printing.
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