SMYTHIES, J.R. (WITH CONSULANT W.ROSS ADEY, M.D.).
Brain Mechanisms and Behaviour: An Outline of the Mechanics of Emotion, Memory, Learning and the Organization of Behviour, with Particular Regard to the Limbic System.
Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1970. Second edition. "Our knowledge of the role of the brain in controlling behaviour is proceding so fast, and in so many inter-related disciplines that it is difficult to maintain an overall view of this process. This book attempts such a synthesis and reviews the relevant material obtained from ablation and stimulation studies as well as advances in neuro-chemistry and electrical studies relevant to our understanding of behaviour." Pp.vi/185, owner's name to front free endpaper. Dark blue cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.
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