TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goldberg,Elkhonon
TI  - The new executive brain: frontal lobes in a complex world 
SN  - 9780195329407
U1  - 152 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Frontal lobes
KW  - Neuropsychology
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Brain
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Physiopathology
KW  - Mental Processes
KW  - Physiology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1. Introduction --
Ch. 2. An end and a beginning: a dedication --
Ch. 3. The brain’s chief executive: the frontal lobes at a glance--
Ch. 4. Architecture of the brain: a primer --
Ch. 5. The orchestra’s front row: the cortex --
Ch. 6. Novelty, routines, and celebral hemispheres --
Ch. 7. The conductor: a closer look at the frontal lobes --
Ch. 8. Emotion and cognition --
Ch. 9. Different lobes for different folks: decision-making styles and the frontal lobes --
Ch. 10. When the leader is wounded --
Ch. 11. Social maturity, morality, law, and the frontal lobes --
Ch. 12. Fateful disconnections --
Ch. 13. “What can you do for me?" --
Ch. 14. Breaking and entering: inside the black box --
Ch. 15. Frontal lobes and the leadership paradox --
Ch. 16. Epilogues
N2  - Offers a sweeping panorama of cutting-edge thinking in cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology, one that ranges far beyond the frontal lobes. Drawing on the latest discoveries, and developing complex scientific ideas and relating them to real life through many fascinating case studies and anecdotes, the author explores how the brain engages in complex decision-making; how it deals with novelty and ambiguity; and how it addresses moral choices
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