Complex Brain Functions: Conceptual Advances in Russian Neuroscience, Vol. 2

There are many difficulties hindering western scientists from becoming acquainted with Russian scientific literature, including both political and language barriers. Russian science has a long and proud tradition going back as far as Peter the Great and the founding of the Russian Academy of Science in 1725. However, Russian neuroscientists from the 19th and 20th centuries are hardly recognised in the western world.
Complex Brain Functions covers many avenues of contemporary research in Russian neuroscience. The chapters range from basic research at the cellular level to studies of higher brain functions in animals and humans, including psychopharmacology and neurochemistry and the brain basis of human mental functions as well as papers with a more philosophical content.

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

There are many difficulties hindering western scientists from becoming acquainted with Russian scientific literature, including both political and language barriers. Russian science has a long and proud tradition going back as far as Peter the Great and the founding of the Russian Academy of Science in 1725. However, Russian neuroscientists from the 19th and 20th centuries are hardly recognised in the western world.
Complex Brain Functions covers many avenues of contemporary research in Russian neuroscience. The chapters range from basic research at the cellular level to studies of higher brain functions in animals and humans, including psychopharmacology and neurochemistry and the brain basis of human mental functions as well as papers with a more philosophical content.

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Primarily Russian researchers in neuroscience and psychology provide insight into the often closed (due to both political and language barriers) world of Russian scientific literature. The chapters cover a wide range of specialties, from research at the cellular level, to studies of higher nervous functioning in animals and humans. Specific papers discuss topics including memory consolidation; the nature of sensory awareness; the brain mechanisms of emotion; the formation and realization of individual experience in humans and animals; the neurobiology of Gestalts; and biochemical correlates of individual behavior. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Miller, R. (Univ of Otago); Ivanitsky, A.M. (Russian Academy of Sciences); Balaban, P.M. (Russian Academy of Sciences)