Making Space : How the Brain Knows Where Things Are /
Knowing where things are seems effortless. Yet our brains devote tremendous computational power to figuring out the simplest details about spatial relationships. Going to the grocery store or finding our cell phone requires sleuthing and coordination across different sensory and motor domains. Makin...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2014]
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Edición: | Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- 1. Thinking about Space
- 2. The Ways of Light
- 3. Sensing Our Own Shape
- 4. Brain Maps and Polka Dots
- 5. Sherlock Ears
- 6. Moving with Maps and Meters
- 7. Your Sunglasses Are in the Milky Way
- 8. Going Places 177
- 9. Space and Memory
- 10. Thinking about Thinking
- Notes
- Credits
- Acknowledgments
- Index