FoundationalConceptsNeuroscience

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Names: Presti, David E.

Title: Foundational concepts in neuroscience: a brain-

mind odyssey / David E. Presti.

Description: First edition. | New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016] |

Series: A Norton Professional Book | Series: The Norton series on interpersonal

neurobiology | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015024285 |

ISBN 978-0-393-70960-5 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Neurosciences. | Brain. | Neurobiology.

Classification: LCC QP355.2 .P72 2016 |

DDC 612.8—dc23

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