Rebecca Schwarzlose

Brainscapes (eBook, ePUB)

The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your Brain-And How They Guide You

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

';Enlightening and ambitious a book that travels into rich terrain, charted by a smart and eager tour guide.'New York Times Book Review A path-breaking journey into the brain, showing how perception, thought, and action are products of maps etched intoyourgray matterand how technology can use them to readyourmind. Your brain is a collection of maps: detailed representations, scrawled across your brain's surfaces, of the sights, sounds, and actions that hold the key to your survival. Although scientists began discovering these maps over a century ago, we are only now beginning to unlock their secretsand comprehend their profound impact on our lives. Brain maps distort and shape our experience of the world, support complex thought, and make technology-enabled mind reading a modern-day reality. They shine a light on our past and our possible futures. In the process, they invite us to view ourselves from a startling new perspective. In Brainscapes, Rebecca Schwarzlose combines unforgettable real-life stories, cutting-edge research, and vivid illustrations to reveal brain maps' surprising lessons about our place in the worldand about the world's place within us.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781328949981
• Artikelnr.: 62825691

Autorenporträt

REBECCA SCHWARZLOSE is a neuroscientist at Washington University in Saint Louis. She holds a PhD in neuroscience from MIT and has served as chief editor of the scholarly journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences. She lives in Saint Louis.