More brain cuttings [[electronic resource] ] : further explorations of the mind / / Carl Zimmer

• Autore: Zimmer Carl
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Scott & Nix, Inc., 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (88 p.)
• Disciplina: 612.8; 612.82
• Soggetto topico: Brain - Research; Neurosciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "The essays in this edition were originally published in a slightly different form in Discover, The New York Times, and Scientific American."--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: ""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 brain works. In others, I consider some of the many ways the brain goes wrong. And finally, I try to look at the brain as a whole-how the 100 billion neurons add up to a person's life of the mind, and produce consciousness."" -Carl Zimmer
• Titolo autorizzato: More brain cuttings
• ISBN: 1-935622-31-5; 1-935622-29-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461726003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II