Explorers of the black box : the search for the cellular basis of memory / Susan Allport.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allport, Susan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memory--Physiological aspects.

Memory.

Neurons.

Neurophysiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Open Road Distribution, 2016.

Summary:

Explorers of the Black Box is a scientific adventure story. The "Black Box" is the brain. The "Explorers" are neuroscientists in search of how nerve cells record memories, and they are as ruthless and dauntless as any soldiers of fortune. The book centers around the early, often-controversial research Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel. It takes readers behind the scenes of laboratories at Woods Hole, Columbia, Yale, and Princeton to create an absorbing account of how the brain works and of how science itself works.

Contents:

Intro

Cover Page

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Prologue

1. The Sea Hare and the Scientist

2. Rethinking the Brain

3. The Squishies and the Crunchies

4. The Mind of the Snail

5. The Rest of the Field

6. The Manifold Neuron

7. In Search of the Engram

8. The Flip Side of Science

9. Setting Priorities Straight

10. A Scientific Melee

Index

Acknowledgments

Copyright Page.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 13, 2016).

ISBN:

9781504034104

1504034104

OCLC:

952247323