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Best of the brain from Scientific American / edited by Floyd E. Bloom.

Title
Best of the brain from Scientific American / edited by Floyd E. Bloom.
Publication
New York : Dana Press, c2007.

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Bloom, Floyd E.
Description
270 p. : col. ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"In Best of the Brain, top neuroscientist Floyd E. Bloom has selected the most fascinating brain-related articles from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind since 1999"--Page 2 of cover.
Uniform Title
Scientific American
Subject
  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Brain
  • Neurophysiology
  • Brain > physiology
  • Cognition
  • Brain
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Mind. Unleashing creativity / Ulrich Kraft -- Stimulating the brain / Mark S. George -- Freud returns / Mark Solms -- The neurobiology of the self / Carl Zimmer -- How the brain creates the mind / Antonio R. Damasio -- The new science of mind / Eric R. Kandel.
  • Matter. Vision : a window on consciousness / Nikos K. Logothetis -- Rethinking the lesser brain /. James M. Bower and Lawrence M. Parsons -- Sign language in the brain / Gregory Hickok, Ursula Bellugi, and Edward S. Klima -- Hunting for answers / Juergen Andrich and Joerg T. Epplen -- Brain, repair yourself / Fred H. Gage -- Diagnosing disorders / Steven E. Hyman -- The addicted brain / Eric J. Nestler and Robert C. Malenka -- Decoding schizophrenia / Daniel C. Javitt and Joseph T. Coyle -- Turning off depression / David Dobbs.
  • Tomorrow's brain. Treating depression : pills or talk / Steven D. Hollon, Michael E. Thase, and John C. Markowitz -- The coming merging of mind and machine / Ray Kurzweil -- Controlling robots with the mind / Miguel A.L. Nicolelis and John K. Chapin -- Thinking out loud / Nicola Neumann and Niels Birbaumer -- Neuromorphic microchips / Kwabena Boahen -- The quest for a smart pill / Stephen S. Hall.
ISBN
  • 9781932594225
  • 1932594221
LCCN
^^2007015128
OCLC
  • 123119838
  • SCSB-10088372
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Harvard Library