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More brain cuttings : further explorations of the mind /

"The brain unfolds like a flower. The more I have explored neuroscience, the more it has rewarded me with new stories. In 2010, I published Brain Cuttings: Fifteen Journeys Through the Mind. Here are fifteen more journeys. In some pieces, I look at some of the surprising ways in which the brain...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zimmer, Carl
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Scott & Nix, Inc., 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; About the Author; Preface; A Body Fit for a Gigantic Brain; The Genius of Athletes; Switching on the Happy Rat; How the Brain Wires Itself; Past Is Prologue; Decoding the Smile; A Yardstick for the Nose; Love Songs and Cockatoo Dances; The Silly Putty Brain; Ringing in the Brain; Where Pain Lives; The Trouble with Teens; A Hundred Trillion Connections; Consciousness, Bit by Bit; Selected References.