The author provides a brief primer of the biologic processes in the
brain that produce affect and implement communication. These neuroanatomic
and neurophysiologic processes are presented in broad configuration rather
than in detail and as distributive systems rather than just as localized
mechanisms. The basic viewpoint is that of a continuum between the biologic
processes within the brain and their manifestation as behavioral phenomena
expressed in, and visible to, the culture. The primary focus is not
clinical but on neuroanatomy and neurophysiology as basic medical sciences
for psychiatry.
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