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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A leading neuroscientist draws on physics, linguistics, psychology, education, and other disciplines to explain the inner workings of the human brain and explore the role of neuroscience in daily life.
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Of all the parts of the human body, the brain is perhaps the most amazing. This complex organ runs the show when it comes to our bodies. It is the command center that keeps the body s voluntary and involuntary systems working as they should. Readers will find out how the brain works, the many different jobs it does, and more in this photo-illustrated and engaging text.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A rock star academic explores the final frontier of personal privacy: your mind. Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, thought crimes are punishable by law, and your own feelings can be used against you. Where perfumers create customized fragrances to perfectly suit your emotions, and social media titans bypass your conscious mind to hook you to their products. A world where people who suffer from epilepsy...
Author
Publisher
Elsevier
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
5th edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 562 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Demonstrating the connections between neuroscience and clinical application, this practical guide explains the nervous system and shows how to apply your knowledge to the practice of physical and occupational therapy. Evidence-based research reflects the latest findings, and personal stories written by patients help you understand and treat common neurologic disorders"--
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xxix, 272 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The NeuroGeneration reveals the dizzying array of emerging technologies-including cranial stimulation that makes you learn faster, an artificial hippocampus that restores lost memories, and neural implants that aim to help us keep up with or even outpace artificial intelligence-that promise to alter the brain in unprecedented ways, unlocking human potential we never dreamed possible"--
Series
Nursing clinics of North America volume 34, no. 3
Publisher
W.B. Saunders
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
xii, 541-776 p. : ill., ports., charts ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks eXplore
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"When you go to sleep, what does your brain do? Does it rest too? It can't because it's busy working while you snooze! It repairs, and resets, and helps your body even when you aren't awake. Using up-to-date research to explore our brains' critical functions when we are asleep, psychology experts JoAnn and Terrence Deak invite kids (and adults) to unpack all the amazing things your brain is doing when you're not awake-and why it's so important to...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Professors and husband-and-wife team Uta and Chris Frith have pioneered major studies of brain disorders throughout their nearly fifty-year career. Here, in Two Heads, their distinguished careers serve as a prism through which they share the compelling story of the birth of neuroscience and their paradigm-shifting discoveries across areas as wide-ranging as autism and schizophrenia research, and new frontiers of social cognition including diversity,...
56) Your brain
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
How does your brain create your reality? Are you in control, or is your brain controlling you? Discover the surprising answers based on the latest research in this journey into the human brain with neuroscientist Heather Berlin.
Publisher
Institute for Addiction Study
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"'Is addiction really a disease?' In this high-definition video essay, Kevin McCauley explores the arguments for and against this vital debate, reviewing the latest neuroscientific research about addiction along the way. Using the spectacular landscape of Utah's State and National Parks to describe the brain areas involved in addiction, Dr. McCauley turns complex neuroscientific concepts into easy-to-understand visual images that will help people...
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