Another day in the monkey's brain / Ralph Mitchell Siegel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siegel, Ralph Mitchell, 1958-2011.

Series:

Studies in Feminist Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurophysiologists--United States--Biography.

Neurophysiologists.

Siegel, Ralph Mitchell, 1958-2011.

Siegel, Ralph Mitchell.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Summary:

Another Day in the Monkey's Brain charts a neuroscientist's journey to understand the central mysteries of consciousness. Dr. Siegel began his career in the neurophysiology of vision in the 1980s, just when the field was coming into focus with the advent of new computing and imaging technologies. As a pioneer in the technique of mesoscopic imaging, he worked with some of the giants in vision science: Torsten Wiesel, Francis Crick, Tom Albright and many others. With insight and clarity, he shows how science is built on such relationships. Along the way, he gives a vivid sense of the abundant passion and creativity that drive scientists in their pursuit of understanding. From monkey to man, Dr. Siegel finds the beauty in the scientific discovery of self in mind and brain.

Contents:

A day in the monkey's brain

A short Salk story

My first encounter with Francis Crick

Chaos through the looking glass

Bright moments

Eighth Avenue line at Fourteenth Street

Modern times

Visual irredentism

Critique of pure cortical topography

Waiting for the train to Baltimore

Triumvirate

Consciousness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-025586-2

0-19-987592-8