The brain

I. Structure, functions, and historic approaches to study

The strange anatomy of the brain / David Bainbridge

Brainbox

In our messy, reptilian brains / Sharon Begley

II. Mapping the mind: advances in brain-imaging technology

The new brain / Richard Restak

Unlocking the secrets of the brain: part 1 ; Unlocking the secrets of the brain: part 2 / Tabitha M. Powledge

MRI: a window on the brain / Paul Raeburn

The economics of brains / Gregory T. Huang

III. Works in progress: brain development from infancy to adulthood

Shaping the brains of tomorrow / Ross A. Thompson

How the arts develop the young brain / David Sousa

The teenage brain / Nora Underwood

When does your brain stop making new neurons? / Sharon Begley

IV. How the brain processes language

Addressing literacy through neuroscience / Steve Miller and Paula A. Tallal

Mapping metaphor / Kenneth W. Krause

The correlation between brain development, language acquisition, and cognition / Leslie Haley Wasserman

Brains show two sides of language function / Bruce Bower

V. The brain and aging

The disappearing mind / Geoffrey Cowley

The brain in winter ; The upside of aging / Sharon Begley

The outlook for Alzheimer's disease / Tyler A. Kokjohn and Kimbal E. Cooper

Neuron killers / Tina Hesman Saey

Keeping your brain fit / Christine Larson

VI. The "hard problem": efforts to understand human consciousness

What makes up my mind? / Joel Achenbach

The mystery of consciousness / Steven Pinker

Brains wide shut? / Patricia Churchland

Is there room for the soul? / Jay Tolson

Consciousness in the raw / Bruce Bower.