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(Encyclopedia)bibliography. The listing of books is of ancient origin. Lists of clay tablets have been found at Nineveh and elsewhere; the library at Alexandria had subject lists of its books. Modern bibliography b...

brain

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Brain brain, the supervisory center of the nervous system in all vertebrates. It also serves as the site of emotions, memory, self-awareness, and thought. Brain research, now often referred ...

Brain, Dennis

(Encyclopedia)Brain, Dennis, 1921–57, British horn player. Brain studied with his father, Aubrey, at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He played principal horn with first the Royal Philharmonic and then the P...

brain stem

(Encyclopedia)brain stem, lower part of the brain, adjoining and structurally continuous with the spinal cord. The upper segment of the human brain stem, the pons, contains nerve fibers that connect the two halves ...

Brain Trust

(Encyclopedia)Brain Trust, the group of close advisers to Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he was governor of New York state and during his first years as President. The name was applied to them because the members o...

brain wave

(Encyclopedia)brain wave: see electroencephalography. ...

electroencephalography

(Encyclopedia)electroencephalography əlĕkˌtrōĕnsĕfˌəlŏgˈrafē, science of recording and analyzing the electrical activity of the brain. Electrodes, placed on or just under the scalp, are linked to an elec...

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