I. Structure, functions, and historic approaches to study
The strange anatomy of the brain / David Bainbridge
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
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.
