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A comprehensive guide to the human brain — its major structures and functions, how neurons communicate, the role of neurotransmitters, and what neuroscience has revealed about memory, emotion, and consciousness.
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How the Human Brain Works: Structure, Neurons, and the Neuroscience of Thought
A comprehensive guide to the human brain — its major structures and functions, how neurons communicate, the role of neurotransmitters, and what neuroscience has revealed about memory, emotion, and consciousness.
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How the Brain Forms Memories: Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval
Learn how the brain forms memories through encoding, consolidation, and retrieval, including the roles of the hippocampus, synaptic plasticity, and sleep.
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