30-second brain : the 50 most mind-blowing ideas in neuroscience, each explained in half a minute
2014
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Are we all at the mercy of our brain chemistry? Do you think that the amygdala and the hippocampus are fantastical sea monsters? What can an MRI scan tell us? Could you explain to dinner-party guests why we don't giggle when we tickle ourselves? This title is here to fill your mind with the science of exactly what's happening inside your head. Using no more than two pages, 300 words and an illustration, this is the quickest way to understand the wiring and function of the most complex and intricate mechanism in the human body.
Main title:
30-second brain : the 50 most mind-blowing ideas in neuroscience, each explained in half a minute / editor, Anil Seth ; foreword by Chris Frith ; contributors, Tristan Bekinschtein [and six others].
Author:
Seth, Anil K., editor
Imprint:
London : Icon, 2014.London : Icon, 2014.
Collation:
160 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781848316478 (hbk)
Dewey class:
612.8233612.8233SET
Local class:
612.8233612.8233 SEC
Language:
English
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BRN:
1486010