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The brain [[electronic resource] ] : big bangs, behaviors, and beliefs / / Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
The brain [[electronic resource] ] : big bangs, behaviors, and beliefs / / Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
Autore DeSalle Rob
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina 612.8/2
Altri autori (Persone) TattersallIan
Soggetto topico Cognition
Neurophysiology
Brain - Evolution
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-57128-4
9786613600882
0-300-17522-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Nature Of Science: Our Brains At Work -- 2. The Nitty-Gritty Of The Nervous System -- 3. Hanging Our Brains On The Tree Of Life -- 4. Making Sense Of Senses -- 5. Processing Information -- 6. Emotions And Memory -- 7. Brain EvoDevo -- 8. Words And Music By . . . -- 9. Decisions, Behaviors, And Beliefs -- 10. The Human Brain And Cognitive Evolution -- Epilogue -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Literature Cited And Further Reading -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910461783803321
DeSalle Rob  
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012
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The brain [[electronic resource] ] : big bangs, behaviors, and beliefs / / Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
The brain [[electronic resource] ] : big bangs, behaviors, and beliefs / / Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
Autore DeSalle Rob
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina 612.8/2
Altri autori (Persone) TattersallIan
Soggetto topico Cognition
Neurophysiology
Brain - Evolution
ISBN 1-280-57128-4
9786613600882
0-300-17522-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Nature Of Science: Our Brains At Work -- 2. The Nitty-Gritty Of The Nervous System -- 3. Hanging Our Brains On The Tree Of Life -- 4. Making Sense Of Senses -- 5. Processing Information -- 6. Emotions And Memory -- 7. Brain EvoDevo -- 8. Words And Music By . . . -- 9. Decisions, Behaviors, And Beliefs -- 10. The Human Brain And Cognitive Evolution -- Epilogue -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Literature Cited And Further Reading -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910790298703321
DeSalle Rob  
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012
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The brain [[electronic resource] ] : big bangs, behaviors, and beliefs / / Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
The brain [[electronic resource] ] : big bangs, behaviors, and beliefs / / Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
Autore DeSalle Rob
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina 612.8/2
Altri autori (Persone) TattersallIan
Soggetto topico Cognition
Neurophysiology
Brain - Evolution
ISBN 1-280-57128-4
9786613600882
0-300-17522-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Nature Of Science: Our Brains At Work -- 2. The Nitty-Gritty Of The Nervous System -- 3. Hanging Our Brains On The Tree Of Life -- 4. Making Sense Of Senses -- 5. Processing Information -- 6. Emotions And Memory -- 7. Brain EvoDevo -- 8. Words And Music By . . . -- 9. Decisions, Behaviors, And Beliefs -- 10. The Human Brain And Cognitive Evolution -- Epilogue -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Literature Cited And Further Reading -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910818943703321
DeSalle Rob  
New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012
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Our Senses : An Immersive Experience / / Rob DeSalle
Our Senses : An Immersive Experience / / Rob DeSalle
Autore DeSalle Rob
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2018]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 612.8
Altri autori (Persone) WynnePatricia J
Soggetto topico Senses and sensation
Perception
Brain - Evolution
ISBN 0-300-23164-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. The Brainless Majority: Sensing the Environment in Organisms without Brains -- 2. Brains and Prains: Brains (or Not) in Animals from Sponges to Us -- 3. The Monkey's Unculus: Tactile and Balance Sensory Capacity in Animals -- 4. A Matter of Taste (and Odorant) Receptors: Smell and Taste Reception in Animals -- 5. All Ears (and Eyes): Animal Hearing and Sight -- 6. Supersmellers and Supertasters: The Limits of Smell and Taste in Humans -- 7. Where Am I? The Limits of Hearing and Balance in Humans -- 8. Touchy Feely: Touch and How It Is Linked to Other Senses -- 9. The Eyes Have It: The Limits of Sight in Humans -- 10. Accidents Will Happen: Traumatic Brain Injury and the Impact on Our Senses -- 11. Modern Life, Strokes, and the Senses: The Impact of Strokes and Other Brain Damage on Sensory Capacity -- 12. Full/Half/Split Brains: People with Unique Brains -- 13. Team of Rivals Meets the Kluge: Making Sense Out of Crossmodal Stimuli from the Outer World -- 14. Neural Detritus: Making Sense Out of a Noisy Environment -- 15. Pani ca' Meusa, Crème Brûlée, and Synesthesia: Crossmodal Impact on Taste and Synesthesia -- 16. Connectomes: How Crossmodal Interactions Work in the Brain -- 17. Faces and Hallucinations: Facial Recognition and Hallucinations as Subjects in Higher Perception -- 18. Bob Dylan's Nobel: Language, Literacy, and How the Senses Interact to Produce Literature -- 19. Facing the Music: The Neurobiology of Music and Art -- 20. No Limits: The Limits to What We Can Sense and the Future of Our Senses -- Literature and Further Reading -- INDEX
Record Nr. UNINA-9910796360303321
DeSalle Rob  
New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2018]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Our Senses : An Immersive Experience / / Rob DeSalle
Our Senses : An Immersive Experience / / Rob DeSalle
Autore DeSalle Rob
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2018]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 612.8
Altri autori (Persone) WynnePatricia J
Soggetto topico Senses and sensation
Perception
Brain - Evolution
ISBN 0-300-23164-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. The Brainless Majority: Sensing the Environment in Organisms without Brains -- 2. Brains and Prains: Brains (or Not) in Animals from Sponges to Us -- 3. The Monkey's Unculus: Tactile and Balance Sensory Capacity in Animals -- 4. A Matter of Taste (and Odorant) Receptors: Smell and Taste Reception in Animals -- 5. All Ears (and Eyes): Animal Hearing and Sight -- 6. Supersmellers and Supertasters: The Limits of Smell and Taste in Humans -- 7. Where Am I? The Limits of Hearing and Balance in Humans -- 8. Touchy Feely: Touch and How It Is Linked to Other Senses -- 9. The Eyes Have It: The Limits of Sight in Humans -- 10. Accidents Will Happen: Traumatic Brain Injury and the Impact on Our Senses -- 11. Modern Life, Strokes, and the Senses: The Impact of Strokes and Other Brain Damage on Sensory Capacity -- 12. Full/Half/Split Brains: People with Unique Brains -- 13. Team of Rivals Meets the Kluge: Making Sense Out of Crossmodal Stimuli from the Outer World -- 14. Neural Detritus: Making Sense Out of a Noisy Environment -- 15. Pani ca' Meusa, Crème Brûlée, and Synesthesia: Crossmodal Impact on Taste and Synesthesia -- 16. Connectomes: How Crossmodal Interactions Work in the Brain -- 17. Faces and Hallucinations: Facial Recognition and Hallucinations as Subjects in Higher Perception -- 18. Bob Dylan's Nobel: Language, Literacy, and How the Senses Interact to Produce Literature -- 19. Facing the Music: The Neurobiology of Music and Art -- 20. No Limits: The Limits to What We Can Sense and the Future of Our Senses -- Literature and Further Reading -- INDEX
Record Nr. UNINA-9910813517303321
DeSalle Rob  
New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2018]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui