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Book Report and Critique: Mapping the Mind Rita Carter

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This book was written by Rita Carter, a science and medical writer, lecturer and broadcaster who specializes on the human brain. Carter is involved in various science projects and research experiments directed at furthering public knowledge of the brain. Being the author of The Brain Book, Mapping the Mind, Exploring Consciousness, Mapping the Memory, and Multiplicity, Carter has done extensive research on the brain, consciousness, memory, and personalities. In 1999, Mapping the Mind was written to explore the biological roots and neurological differences that create individual personalities and explore the human mind at work.

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Mapping the Mind charts the way humans behave and the associated culture transformed by the brain. Carter depicts how personalities reflect the biological mechanisms motivate emotion and how unique …show more content…

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