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Nature 433, 803 (24 February 2005) | doi:10.1038/433803a; Published online 23 February 2005

Looking ahead to future brain studies

David Papineau1

BOOK REVIEWEDThe New Brain Sciences: Perils and Prospects

edited by Dai Rees & Steven Rose
Cambridge University Press: 2004. 316 pp. £65, $120 (hbk); £24.99, $43 (pbk)

The brain sciences are undoubtedly burgeoning. In recent years, molecular biochemistry and genomic mapping have been combining with fancy functional imaging techniques to tell us more and more about the brain's internal workings.