- 116 pages
- English
- PDF
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About this book
The human brain has long been a mystery, but twenty-first century science is beginning to reveal some of its inner workings. With microscopes and brain scans, with psychological experiments and breakthroughs in genetics, neuroscientists are developing new theories about every aspect of our minds—from the nature of consciousness to the causes of disorders like autism and schizophrenia. In Brain Cuttings, award-winning science writer Carl Zimmer takes readers on fascinating explorations of the frontiers of research, shedding light on our innermost existence—the speed of thought, our perception of time, the complex flashes of electricity that give rise to fear and love, and more.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Praise
- About the Author
- Preface
- “Does Shame Excite a Blush?”
- The Googled Mind
- The Music of Time
- They Imprint Your Genes, Your Mum and Dad
- Of Ether and Consciousness
- Stalking the Elusive Grandmother Cell
- The Flash of Desire
- Two Brains in One
- The Neurobiology of Zoning Out
- The Brain’s Dark Matter
- An Intuition for Math
- The Speed of Thought
- Fear’s Anatomy
- The Mind’s Eye Goes Blind
- Too Clever
- Selected References