30-Second Brain: The 50 most mind-blowing ideas in neuroscience, each explained in half a minute - Hardcover

 
9781848316478: 30-Second Brain: The 50 most mind-blowing ideas in neuroscience, each explained in half a minute
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 184831647X ISBN 13: 9781848316478
Verlag: Icon Books, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Are we all at the mercy of our brain chemistry? Do you think that the amygdala and the hippocampus are fantastical sea monsters? What can an MRI scan tell us? Could you explain to dinner-party guests why we don't giggle when we tickle ourselves?

30-Second Brain is here to fill your mind with the science of exactly what's happening inside your head. Using no more than two pages, 300 words and an illustration, this is the quickest way to understand the wiring and function of the most complex and intricate mechanism in the human body. Discover how the networks of 90 billion nerve cells work together to produce perception, action, cognition and emotion. Explore how your brain defines your personality, and what it gets up to while you are asleep.

Illustrated with mind-bending graphics and supported by biographies of pioneers in the field of neuroscience, it's the book to get your grey matter thinking about your grey matter.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr Anil Seth is a Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at University of Sussex, where he leads multidisciplinary research across neuroscience, psychology, and computer science, with a focus on understanding the biological basis of conscious experience - a key challenge for 21st century science He is also Co-Director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science. He has published more than 100 scientific papers and book chapters, has lectured and written widely on neuroscience for a general audience, and his research has been covered in a wide range of media, including the Guardian and New Scientist.

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Verlag
Icon Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
184831647X
ISBN 13 
9781848316478
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
160
Herausgeber
Seth Anil
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