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by Ian Glynn, 456 pp, with 76 illus, $35, ISBN 0-19-513696-9, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1999.

Arch Neurol. 2001;58:829-830.

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The title of this book may give an impression that Glynn has provided yet another take (ie, a theory) on the biological basis of the mind and consciousness (cf, Antonio Damasio, The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness, New York, NY, Harcourt Brace & Co, 1999). However, this is not the case. Glynn's intention was actually to summarize and put together a large body of knowledge on the workings of the mind in a simple, cohesive, and understandable manner. Furthermore, Glynn portrays the current state of the knowledge, then identifies the gaps in the current knowledge, and sometimes he goes on and injects his own opinion about how to go about filling the gap. He begins with explaining the nerve messages—how nerve cells allow the brain to see, taste, and smell—and goes on to explain how the interaction of nerve cells in our . . . [Full Text of this Article]