by Jean-Didier Vincent · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433962973
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This book by Jean-Didier Vincent is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the human brain. With illustrations by François Durkheim and translated by Cristina Zelich Martínez, the author explores the mysteries of the brain with an entertaining and informative style. Through its pages, the reader will discover how memory works, what love is, why we are addicted to certain substances, and where the pleasure of eating and drinking comes from. In addition, topics such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are addressed, offering a complete and updated view of neurology.
Jean-Didier Vincent was a French neurobiologist and neuropsychiatrist. He was Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bordeaux II and then at the University of Paris-Sud. From 1991 to 2004 Vincent was Director of the Alfred-Fessard Institute of Neurobiology at the CNRS. He was a member of both the French Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Medicine since 18 November 2003.
