Neuroscience category: 1433 books
Building Brains
An Introduction to Neural Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Provides a highly visual, readily accessible introduction to the main events that occur during neural development and their mechanisms
Building Brains: An Introduction to Neural Development, 2nd Edition describes how brains construct themselves, from simple beginnings in the early embryo to...
Explorations in Learning and the Brain
On the Potential of Cognitive Neuroscience for Educational Science
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
This volume presents a short review study of the potential relationships between cognitive neuroscience and educational science. Conducted by order of the Dutch Programme Council for Educational Research of the Netherlands Organization for Scienti c Research (NWO; cf. the American NSF), the review...
Filling-In
From Perceptual Completion to Cortical Reorganization
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2003
The best example of filling-in involves the blind spot, a region of the retina devoid of photoreceptors. Remarkably, the region of visual space corresponding to the blind spot is not perceived as a dark region in space, but instead as having the same color and texture as the surrounding background;...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2008
The sixth volume of The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography is a collection of autobiographical essays by notable senior scientists who discuss the major events that shaped their discoveries and their influences, as well as the people who inspired them and helped shape their careers as neuroscientists....
by Duane E. Haines, PhD, FAAAS
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
Using a rigorous yet clinically-focused approach, Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications, 5th Edition, covers the fundamental neuroscience information needed for coursework, exams, and beyond. It integrates neuroanatomy, pharmacology, and physiology, and offers a full section...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2005
The complexity of the brain and the protean nature of behavior remain the most elusive area of science, but also the most important. van Hemmen and Sejnowski invited 23 experts from the many areas--from evolution to qualia--of systems neuroscience to formulate one problem each. Although each chapter...
The Nocturnal Brain
Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
A renowned neurologist shares the true stories of people unable to get a good night’s rest in The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep, a fascinating exploration of the symptoms and syndromes behind sleep disorders.
For Dr. Guy Leschziner’s patients,...
How Literature Plays with the Brain
The Neuroscience of Reading and Art
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
"Literature matters," says Paul B. Armstrong, "for what it reveals about human experience, and the very different perspective of neuroscience on how the brain works is part of that story." In How Literature Plays with the Brain, Armstrong examines the parallels between certain...
The Enteric Nervous System
30 Years Later
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Nearly 30 years ago, a number of scientists working on the Enteric Nervous System (ENS) gathered at Flinders University, in Adelaide, Australia to discuss the advances and future of their research. It was a friendly and stimulating meeting, attended by most of the major players, in what was to become...
Information Systems and Neuroscience
Gmunden Retreat on NeuroIS 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
This book presents the proceedings of the Gmunden Retreat on NeuroIS 2016, reporting on topics at the intersection of Information Systems (IS) research, neurophysiology and the brain sciences. Readers will discover the latest findings from top scholars in the field of NeuroIS, which offer detailed...
Suspicious Minds
How Culture Shapes Madness
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
A “clear, witty, and engaging” (The Boston Globe) journey through the brain that connects neuroscience, biology, and culture. An “intellectual landmark” (Edward Shorter, Literary Review of Canada).
The current view of delusions—the strange beliefs held by people with schizophrenia...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
This volume is product of the third online consciousness conference, held at http://consciousnessonline.com in February and March 2011. Chapters range over epistemological issues in the science and philosophy of perception, what neuroscience can do to help us solve philosophical issues in the philosophy...
Pictures of the Mind: What the New Neuroscience Tells Us About Who We Are
What the New Neuroscience Tells Us About Who We Are
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010
This is the eBook version of the printed book.
Neuroscientists once believed your brain was essentially "locked down" by adulthood. No new cells. No major changes. If you grew up depressed, angry, sad, aggressive, or nasty, you'd be that way for life. And, as you grew older, there'd...
The Future of the Brain
The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
Brain repair, smart pills, mind-reading machines--modern neuroscience promises to soon deliver a remarkable array of wonders as well as profound insight into the nature of the brain. But these exciting new breakthroughs, warns Steven Rose, will also raise troubling questions about what it means to...