50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know 978-1-78206-252-3, 1782062521, 978-1-78087-910-9

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50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know
 978-1-78206-252-3, 1782062521, 978-1-78087-910-9

Table of contents :
Content: Introduction. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: The nervous system
The neuron doctrine
Glial cells
The nervous impulse
Synaptic transmission
Sensory perception
Movement
Topographic mapping
Specialized brain regions
Brain asymmetry. YOUR BRAIN, YOUR SELF: Mirror neurons
The connectome
Embodied cognition
Bodily awareness
Free will
Sex differences
Personality
Brain-damaged patients
The theatre of consciousness
Consciousness disorders. THOUGHT PROCESSES: Attention
Working memory
Learning and memory
Mental time travel
Memory (re)consolidation
Decision-making
Reward and motivation
Language processing
Executive function. THE DYNAMIC BRAIN: Cell migration and axon pathfinding
Cell death
Synaptic pruning
Neuroplasticity
Adolescence
Stress and the brain
The ageing brain
Neurodegeneration. BREAKING FROM DOGMA: Adult neurogenesis
Epigenetics
Default mode
Brain-wave oscillations
Prediction error. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND CHALLENGES: Neural stem cells
Brain stimulation
Cognitive enhancement
Brain scanning
Decoding
Brain-computer interfacing
Neuroscience and the law
Neuroethics. Glossary. Index.

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