Kategoria BISAC: Science >> Life Sciences - Neuroscience

Everyone knows that puzzles can improve your brain function. Now a leading neurosurgeon and a noted puzzle designer team up to reveal the fascinating science behind it. Packed with illuminating insights and dozens of puzzles, this is both a lively book of popular science and an engaging set of exercises in developing a wide array of thinking and memory skills.

John Dowling's The Retina, published in 1987, quickly became the most widely recognized introduction to the structure and function of retinal cells. In this Revised Edition, Dowling draws on twenty-five years of new research to produce an interdisciplinary synthesis focused on how retinal function contributes to our understanding of brain mechanisms.

The retina is a part of the brain pushed out into the eye during development. It retains many characteristics of other brain regions and hence has yielded significant insights on brain mechanisms. Visual processing begins there as...

Major depressive disorders have recently been associated with impairments in signaling pathways that regulate neuroplasticity and cell survival. Agents designed to directly target molecules in these pathways hold promise as new therapeutics for depression. With the collaboration of the most prestigious international specialists in biochemistry, molecular biology, genomics, psychiatry, psychology, and pharmacology, Neurobiology of Depression discusses the nature of the central nervous system circuits responsible for the modifications of neuronal functioning that lead to...

Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems - BICS 2010 aims to bring together leading scientists and engineers who use analytic and synthetic methods both to understand the astonishing processing properties of biological systems and specifically of the brain, and to exploit such knowledge to advance engineering methods to build artificial systems with higher levels of cognitive competence.

BICS is a meeting point of brain scientists and cognitive systems engineers where cross-domain ideas are fostered in the hope of getting emerging insights on the nature, operation and extractable...

An instant bestseller that is poised to become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind, this is an...

What are near-death experiences, out-of-body sensations, and spiritual ecstasy? And what do they have in common? Perhaps no one is more qualified to answer these questions than renowned neurobiologist Dr. Kevin Nelson. Drawing on his more than three decades of groundbreaking research into the "borderlands of consciousness," Dr. Nelson offers an unprecedented journey into the site of spiritual experience: the brain. Filled with amazing firsthand accounts as varied as a...

Wer heute etwas gelten will, meint der Philosoph Hans Magnus Enzensberger, muss vor allen Dingen intelligent sein. So ist es kein Wunder, dass immer mehr Menschen ihre Intelligenz mit allen Mitteln verbessern wollen. Neuro-Enhancement heisst das neudeutsche Schlagwort, unter dem vehement uber eine kunstliche Leistungssteigerung des Gehirns diskutiert wird.

In seinem neuen Buch erlautert der Arzt und Neurowissenschaftler Thomas Gruter zunachst, was Intelligenz eigentlich ist und wie man sie misst. Er weist schlussig nach, dass es weder eine einheitliche Definition noch eine...

• Covers a variety of topics fundamental for music perception, including musical syntax, musical semantics, music and action, music and emotion
• Includes general introductory chapters to engage a broad readership, as well as a wealth of detailed research material for experts
• Offers the most empirical (and most systematic) work on the topics of neural correlates of musical syntax and musical semantics
• Integrates research from different domains (such...

Developing better therapies for neurological conditions such as Parkinson s and Alzheimer s diseases remains an enduring problem for 21^st century medicine. The testing of novel therapies will continue to require a robust experimental animal model. The marmoset is an ideal animal model for modern neurological research because of the species convenient body size, ease of handling, and the fundamental similarity of its neuroanatomy to the human brain.

The Stereotaxic and Chemoarchitectural Atlas of the Brain of the Common Marmoset (Callithrix...

If the conscious mind--the part you consider to be you--is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
In this sparkling and provocative book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate its surprising mysteries. Why can your foot move halfway to the brake pedal before you become consciously aware of danger ahead? Is there a true Mel Gibson? How is your brain like a conflicted democracy engaged in civil war? What do Odysseus and the subprime mortgage meltdown have in common? Why are people whose names begin with J more...

• Covers a variety of topics fundamental for music perception, including musical syntax, musical semantics, music and action, music and emotion
• Includes general introductory chapters to engage a broad readership, as well as a wealth of detailed research material for experts
• Offers the most empirical (and most systematic) work on the topics of neural correlates of musical syntax and musical semantics
• Integrates research from different domains (such...

Imagine living in a world where people use their computers, drive their cars, and communicate with one another simply by thinking. In this stunning and inspiring work, Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis shares his revolutionary insights into how the brain creates thought and the human sense of self--and how this might be augmented by machines, so that the entire universe will be within our reach.

Beyond Boundaries draws on Nicolelis's ground-breaking research with monkeys that he taught to control the movements of a robot located halfway around the globe by using...

The Laboratory Nonhuman Primate, Second Edition continues the second generation of books in the successful, well-received The Laboratory Animal Pocket Reference Series. This guide presents basic information and common procedures in detail to provide a quick reference source for investigators, technicians, and caretakers in the laboratory setting. It serves as a reference for experienced individuals in the field, as well as students. This newest edition is printed in full color to provide greater clarity to the techniques and concepts discussed. Technical procedures and management practices...

This is the second of two Annals volume (see also Volume 1262) of papers by speakers at the 8th International Society for Neuroimmodulation Congress held in Dresden, Germany, October 2011. The papers focus on interactions among the immune, endocrine, and nervous systems that occur at multiple levels, from intracellular pathways by immune and neuro-endocrine mediators, to the exchange of information between the three systems that results in physiologic and adaptive effects. In certain instances, however, these interactions may be unbalanced or even disrupted, which can...