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



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Autore: Zimmer Carl Visualizza persona
Titolo: More brain cuttings [[electronic resource] ] : further explorations of the mind / / Carl Zimmer Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Scott & Nix, Inc., 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (88 p.)
Disciplina: 612.8
612.82
Soggetto topico: Brain - Research
Neurosciences
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-935622-31-5
1-935622-29-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789739103321
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