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"In the last decade, the science of understanding the human brain and replicating its most complicated processes through artificial intelligence has grown exponentially. Intricate neurological functions ranging from writing poetry to crafting original articles, arenas that had long been thought of as science fiction, have become our reality. And yet, large gaps remain in what AI can achieve-gaps that, as pioneering artificial intelligence entrepreneur...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
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A leading neuroscientist presents a groundbreaking exploration of how time works inside the mind, arguing that the human brain's complex system constructs our sense of chronological flow in ways that are essential to evolution and everyday survival.
"Brain researcher and best-selling author Dean Buonomano draws on evolutionary biology, physics, and philosophy to present his influential theory of how we tell, and perceive, time. The human brain, he...
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W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
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An essential reconsideration of one of the most far-reaching theories in modern neuroscience and psychology. In 1992, a group of neuroscientists from Parma, Italy, reported a new class of brain cells discovered in the motor cortex of the macaque monkey. These cells, later dubbed mirror neurons, responded equally well during the monkey's own motor actions, such as grabbing an object, and while the monkey watched someone else perform similar motor...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Decades of research has demonstrated that regular exercise improves heart and lung function and may relieve joint pain. Daily exercise will help your body to regulate blood sugar levels and reduce inflammation; many of these benefits are a consequence of reducing the amount of body fat you carry around. Your body clearly benefits in many ways from regular exercising. Does the brain benefit as well? Yes, the brain does care whether you exercise, just...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the style of Fungipedia and the other pedias, this book will explore the brain in approximately 200 short, engaging mini encyclopedia entries. Covering a wide range of topics - brain areas and systems, brain disorders, neurotransmitters, neurotoxins, and colorful characters such as Einstein, Phineas Gage, and Carl Wernicke - Neuropedia will offer an engaging tour of brain anatomy and function. Like other books in this series, entries will be complemented...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
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Neuroscientist Penny Lewis explores the latest research into the nighttime brain to understand the real benefits of sleep, showing how, while our body rests, the brain practices tasks it learned during the day, replays traumatic events to mollify them, and forges connections between distant concepts.
13) The male brain
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English
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Dr. Louann Brizendine, the founder of the first clinic in the country to study gender differences in brain, behavior, and hormones, turns her attention to the male brain, showing how, through every phase of life, the "male reality" is fundamentally different from the female one.
14) Neurolinguistics
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Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A short, reader-friendly introduction to the neuroscientific study of language. Written by an emerging star in the field"--
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Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"From a neurologist whose work offers one of the most promising paths to unraveling the mystery of consciousness, an exploration of consciousness unlike any other. Somehow our soul, our consciousness, our world, all is generated by what's inside our skull. This is the essential question of neurology. Consciousness cannot just rest inside the shroud of science, because consciousness is more than an object of science: it is its subject, too. In PHI,...
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Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A comprehensive overview of the brain. It looks at the science behind how it works, how it directs our day-to-day lives and how much we don't know about this key organ in our bodies."--
"Did you know that the information inside your head travels faster than cars on the highway? Or that electricity moves around in there? Your brain is mysterious--there is a lot we know about it and even more that we still don't understand. With detailed illustrations...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Brings the explosive but largely invisible epidemic of concussions out of the shadows through stories of kids and pro ball players and doctors"--
"The first book to bring the silent epidemic of sports concussions out of the shadows, with dramatic true-life stories of victims---high school football players, college basketball stars, professional sports heroes---and the doctors and medical researchers who are unraveling the mysteries of concussions...
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English
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Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike--strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, horrendous accidents--and see how victims coped. In many cases their survival was miraculous, if puzzling. Observers were amazed by the transformations that took place when different parts of the brain were destroyed, altering victims' personalities. Parents suddenly couldn't recognize their own children. Pillars of the community...
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Is there a biological basis for evil? From neurological imaging to behavioral studies, Dean Haycock's account of the groundbreaking research reveals what scientists are learning about the psychopaths living among us. How many times have you seen a murder on the news or on a TV show like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and said to yourself, "How could someone do something like that?" Today, neuroscientists are imaging, mapping, testing and dissecting...
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Publisher
Editorial Libsa
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Con tan solo 1,5 Kg. de peso, el cerebro tiene en su interior casi 100.000 millones de neuronas sincronizadas entre s̕ que nos permiten lleva a cabo desde una acci̤n tan simple como pestąear, hasta el pensamiento filos̤fico m̀s elaborado y complejo. Este r̤gano se halla en el ojo del hurac̀n de la investigaci̤n cient̕fica mundial y, sin embargo, a͠n atesora m̀s preguntas que respuestas."--from back cover
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