More brain cuttings further explorations of the mind
""The brain unfolds like a flower. The more I have explored neuroscience, the more it has rewarded me with new stories. In 2010, I published Brain Cuttings: Fifteen Journeys Through the Mind. Here are fifteen more journeys. In some pieces, I look at some of the surprising ways in which the...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Scott & Nix, Inc
2011.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798271706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; About the Author; Preface; A Body Fit for a Gigantic Brain; The Genius of Athletes; Switching on the Happy Rat; How the Brain Wires Itself; Past Is Prologue; Decoding the Smile; A Yardstick for the Nose; Love Songs and Cockatoo Dances; The Silly Putty Brain; Ringing in the Brain; Where Pain Lives; The Trouble with Teens; A Hundred Trillion Connections; Consciousness, Bit by Bit; Selected References