The human advantage : a new understanding of how our brain became remarkable /

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"Humans are awesome. Our brains are gigantic, seven times larger than they should be for the size of our bodies. The human brain uses 25% of all the energy the body requires each day. And it became enormous in a very short amount of time in evolution, allowing us to leave our cousins, the great...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herculano-Houzel, Suzana, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2016.
Temas:
Brain > Physiology.
Intellect.
Human information processing.
Brain.
Central nervous system.
Nervous system.
Anatomy.
Human beings.
Humans
Mental Processes
Brain
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Central Nervous System
Psychiatry and Psychology
Nervous System
Anatomy
Brain > physiology
Intelligence
Cerveau > Physiologie.
Intelligence.
Traitement de l'information chez l'être humain.
Cerveau.
Système nerveux central.
Système nerveux.
Anatomie.
Êtres humains.
brains.
anatomy.
Homo sapiens (species)
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Nervous system
Human information processing
Central nervous system
Brain > Physiology
Intellect
Gehirn
Hirnfunktion
Evolution
NEUROSCIENCE/General
Internet Resources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Humans rule!
  • Brain soup
  • Got brains?
  • Not all brains are made the same
  • Remarkable but not extraordinary
  • The elephant in the room
  • What cortical expansion
  • A body matter?
  • So how much does it cost?
  • Brains or brawn : you can't have both
  • Thank the kitchen for your neurons
  • But plenty of neurons are not enough
  • Epilogue : our place in nature.

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