Filter by
Sculptor and destroyer :tales of glutamate -- the brain's most important neur…
The fascinating story of glutamate, the neurotransmitter that controls the structure and function of the brain in health and neurological disorders. Sculptor and Destroyer tells the story of a simple, little-known molecule that became a master architect and commander of the human brain: glutamate. Upward of 90 percent of the neurons in the human brain deploy glutamate as their neurotransmitter.…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262375184
- Collation
- 1 online resource (312 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Zickzack
"Zickzack (German for Zig-zag) is an examination of six locations around the German-speaking area of Europe, ranging from the Baltic in the north, to the Tyrollean and French border territories in the south. The texts themselves are each a mixture of small essays, narration, conversations, lists, descriptions of places, and cover a wide range of subject matter - politics, architecture, literatu…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262370433
- Collation
- 1 online resource.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
How to talk to a science denier
"In How to Talk to a Science Denier, Lee McIntyre tells the story of his own adventures in talking face to face with science deniers and their victims-including a Flat Earth convention in Denver, coal miners in rural Pennsylvania, and fishermen in the Maldives-and what he learned from the experience"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 026236672X
- Collation
- 1 online resource.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The brain abstracted :simplification in the history and philosophy of neurosc…
"An opinionated history of neuroscience, which argues that--due to the brain's complexity--neuroscientific theories have only captured partial truths, and therefore "neurophilosophy" is unlikely to be achieved"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262378628
- Collation
- 1 online resource
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
The promise and peril of entrepreneurship :job creation and survival among us…
"A book describing surprising findings from a new dataset on startups in the US"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262373975
- Collation
- 1 online resource
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Intrusive thinking :from molecules to free will
"This volume explores the neurological and behavioral mechanisms and processes involved in intrusive thinking and suggests avenues for future clinically relevant research"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262363666
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xvi, 455 pages) :illustrations.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Neuroscience and philosophy
"State-of-the-art collection on how neuroscience and philosophy can mutually illuminate each other on core psychological concepts. An interdisciplinary collection in the best sense"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262367335
- Collation
- 1 online resource.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Reason and less :pursuing food, sex, and politics
"New theoretical model of human reasoning proposed by a leading researcher in the cognitive neurosciences. Explains why people are never fully rational in their decision-making"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0262369702
- Collation
- 1 online resource.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Who you are :the science of connectedness
Why you are more than just a brain, more than just a brain-and-body, and more than all your assumptions about who you are. Who are you Are you just a brain A brain and a body All the things you have done and the friends you have made Many of us assume that who we really are is something deep inside us, an inner sanctuary that contains our true selves. In Who You Are , Michael Spivey argues that…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262358408
- Collation
- 1 online resource (376 pages).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Neurolinguistics
"A short, reader-friendly introduction to the neuroscientific study of language. Written by an emerging star in the field"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780262368155
- Collation
- 1 online resource.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography