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What the Hands Reveal about the Brain
What the Hands Reveal About the Brain provides dramatic evidence that language is not limited to hearing and speech, that there are primary linguistic systems passed down from one generation of deaf people to the next, which have been forged into antonomous languages and are not derived front spoken languages.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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The Human Advantage: A New Understanding of How Our Brain Became Remarkable
"Humans are awesome. Our brains are gigantic, seven times larger than they should be for the size of our bodies. The human brain uses 25% of all the energy the body requires each day. And it became enormous in a very short amount of time in evolution, allowing us to leave our cousins, the great apes, behind. So the human brain is special, right? Wrong, according to Suzana Herculano-Houzel. Huma…
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Probabilistic models of the brain :perception and neural function
"A Bradford book."Neurophysiological, neuroanatomical, and brain imaging studies have helped to shed light on how the brain transforms raw sensory information into a form that is useful for goal-directed behavior. A fundamental question that is seldom addressed by these studies, however, is why the brain uses the types of representations it does and what evolutionary advantage, if any, these re…
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The future of brain repair :a realist's guide to stem cell therapy The Future…
"The Ultimate Therapy addresses the question: will stem cells bring about new, effective therapies for brain disorders? Stem cell therapies are the subject of enormous hype. The International Society for Stem Cell Research notes the 'near magical hold' that stem cell therapies have over patients' imaginations. This is not healthy. The intention with this book is to try to introduce some realism…
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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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Managing meaning in Ukraine :information, communication, and narration since …
"This book shows how confusion resulting from conflicts in Ukraine have repeatedly created the urgent need for meaning in a chaotic situation. Focusing on Ukraine in the aftermath of the so-called Euromaidan revolution in late 2013 and up through the present Russian invasion, this book analyzes how meaning is made as a nation seeks to control its image at home and especially abroad"--OCLC-licen…
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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.
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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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Emergent brain dynamics :prebirth to adolescence
Experts explore the maturation of nonlinear brain dynamics from a developmental perspective and consider the relationship of neurodevelopmental disorders to early disruption in dynamic coordination.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262348591
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- 1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) :illustrations (chiefly color)
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Changing connectomes :evolution, development, and dynamics in network neurosc…
"An overview of how networks develop in the brain; from their emergence during early development to normal aging and in the presence of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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