Rose, Steven Peter Russell, 1938-

The future of the brain : The promise and perils of tomorrow's neuroscience / Steven Rose. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - viii, 344 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliogr. references and index.

The promise and the threat ; The past is the key to the present ; From 1 to 100 billion in nine months ; Becoming human ; Becoming a person ; Having a brain, being a mind ; Ageing brains, wiser minds ; What we know, what we might know and what we can't know ; Healing the mind via the brain ; Modulating, mending or manipulating ; The next big thing? ; Ethics in a neurocentric world.

0195154207 (alk. paper) 9780195154207


Brain--Popular works.
Neurosciences--Popular works.