More brain cuttings [electronic resource] : further explorations of the mind / Carl Zimmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimmer, Carl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Research.

Brain.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (88 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Scott & Nix, Inc., 2011.

Summary:

""The brain unfolds like a flower. The more I have explored neuroscience, the more it has rewarded me with new stories. In 2010, I published Brain Cuttings: Fifteen Journeys Through the Mind. Here are fifteen more journeys. In some pieces, I look at some of the surprising ways in which the brain works. In others, I consider some of the many ways the brain goes wrong. And finally, I try to look at the brain as a whole-how the 100 billion neurons add up to a person's life of the mind, and produce consciousness."" -Carl Zimmer

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; About the Author; Preface; A Body Fit for a Gigantic Brain; The Genius of Athletes; Switching on the Happy Rat; How the Brain Wires Itself; Past Is Prologue; Decoding the Smile; A Yardstick for the Nose; Love Songs and Cockatoo Dances; The Silly Putty Brain; Ringing in the Brain; Where Pain Lives; The Trouble with Teens; A Hundred Trillion Connections; Consciousness, Bit by Bit; Selected References

Notes:

"The essays in this edition were originally published in a slightly different form in Discover, The New York Times, and Scientific American."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-935622-31-5

1-935622-29-3

OCLC:

768081790