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Bayesian brain :probabilistic approaches to neural coding
Experimental and theoretical neuroscientists use Bayesian approaches to analyse the brain mechanisms of perception decision-making, and motor control.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262294188
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages) :illustrations.
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The ancient origins of consciousness how the brain created experience
"How is consciousness created? When did it first appear on Earth, and how did it evolve? What constitutes consciousness, and which animals can be said to be sentient? In this book, Todd Feinberg and Jon Mallatt draw on recent scientific findings to answer these questions--and to tackle the most fundamental question about the nature of consciousness: how does the material brain create subjective…
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- 9780262333269
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- 1 online resource (xx, 366 pages) :illustrations
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The myth of the moral brain :the limits of moral enhancement
"Throughout history, humanity has been seen as being in need of improvement, most pressingly in need of moral improvement. Today, in what has been called the beginnings of "the golden age of neuroscience," laboratory findings claim to offer insights into how the brain "does" morality, even suggesting that it is possible to make people more moral by manipulating their biology. Can "moral bioenha…
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- 9780262333658
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- 1 online resource (340 pages).
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The entangled brain :how perception, cognition, and emotion are woven together
"A general overview of the systems neuroscience approach written by a leading figure in the field"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262372107
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The mindconsciousness, prediction, and the brain
An accessible and engaging account of the mind and its connection to the brain. The mind encompasses everything we experience, and these experiences are created by the brain--often without our awareness. Experience is private; we can't know the minds of others. But we also don't know what is happening in our own minds. In this book, E. Bruce Goldstein offers an accessible and engaging account o…
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- 9780262358774
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Intervention in the brain :politics, policy, and ethics
The political and policy implications of recent developments in neuroscience, including new techniques in imaging and neurogenetics. New findings in neuroscience have given us unprecedented knowledge about the workings of the brain. Innovative research--much of it based on neuroimaging results--suggests not only treatments for neural disorders but also the possibility of increasingly precise an…
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- 0262313731
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- 1 online resource (370 pages).
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