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Neurophysiology.
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Aamodt, Sandra.
Brain.
Neurophysiology.
MARC Display
Welcome
to
your
brain
:
why
you
lose
your
car
keys
but
never
forget
how
to
drive
and
other
puzzles
of
everyday
life
/ Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang.
by
Aamodt, Sandra.
Bloomsbury, 2009, c2008.
Call #:
612.82 A112w
Subjects
Brain
.
Neurophysiology.
ISBN:
9781596915237 (pbk.)
1596915234 (pbk.)
Description:
xx, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Quiz:
how
well do you know
your
brain
? -- Introduction:
Your
brain
: a user's guide -- Pt. 1
Your
brain
and the world -- Chpt. 1 Can you trust
your
brain
? -- Looking at a photograph is harder than playing chess -- Are we in our right minds? -- Myth: we only use 10 percent of our brains -- Chpt. 2 Gray matter and the silver screen: popular metaphors of
how
the
brain
works -- Depictions of
brain
disorders in the movies -- Head injury and personality -- Can memories be erased? -- Schizophrenia in the movies - "A beautiful mind" -- Chpt. 3 Thinking meat: neurons and synapses --
Your
brain
uses less power than
your
refrigerator light -- Loewi's dream of the neurotransmitter -- Is
your
brain
like a computer? -- Chpt. 4 Fascinating rhythms: biological clocks and jet lag -- Practical tip: overcoming jet lag -- Practical tip: frequent jet lag and
brain
damage -- Speculation: morning people and night people -- Chpt. 5 bring
your
swim suit: weight regulation -- Calorie restriction and
life
extension -- practical tip: tricking
your
brain
into helping you
lose
weight --
Pt. 2 Coming to
your
senses -- Chpt. 6 Looking out for yourself: vision -- Animal research and "lazy eye" -- The neuron that loved Michael Jordan -- Myth: blind people have better hearing -- Chpt. 7
How
to survive a cocktail party: hearing -- Practical tip:
how
to prevent hearing loss -- Practical tip: improving hearing with artificial ears -- Practical tip:
how
to hear better on
your
cell phone in a loud room -- Chpt. 8 Accounting for taste (and smell) -- A seizure of the nose, or sneezing at the sun --
Why
mice don't like Diet Coke -- Chpt. 9 Touching all the bases:
your
skin's senses --
Why
can't you tickle yourself? -- Practical tip: does acupuncture work? -- Practical tip: referred pain -- Pt. 3
How
your
brain
changes throughout
life
-- Chpt. 10 Growing great brains: early childhood -- Myth: listening to Mozart makes babies smarter -- Early
life
stress and adult vulnerability -- Chpt. 11 Growing up: sensitive periods and language -- Is language innate? -- Is music like a language? -- Chpt. 12 Rebels and their causes: childhood and adolescence -- Practical tip: improving
your
brain
with video games --
Brain
growth and intelligence -- Chpt. 13 An educational tour: learning -- Practical tip: should you cram for an exam? --
Why
are some things easier to learn than others -- Practical tip: put it out of
your
mind -- Chpt. 14 Reaching the top of the mountain: aging -- Practical tip:
how
can you protect
your
brain
as you get older? -- I'm losing my memory. Do I have Alzheimer's disease? -- Are you born with all the neurons you'll ever have? -- Chpt. 15 Is the
brain
still evolving? -- Understanding nature versus nurture -- Machiavellian intelligence - a
brain
arms race? --
Pt. 4
Your
emotional
brain
-- Chpt. 16 The weather in
your
brain
: emotions -- Emotions and memory --
How
does
your
brain
know a joke is funny? -- Chpt. 17 Did I pack everything? Anxiety -- Myth: the car-crash effect -- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Practical tip:
how
to treat a phobia -- Chpt. 18 Happiness and
how
we find it -- Happiness around the world --
How
scientists measure happiness -- Practical tip:
how
to increase
your
happiness -- Chpt. 19 What's it like in there? Personality -- Domesticating the
brain
-- Chpt. 20 Sex, love, and pair-bonding -- Studying flirtation -- Imaging orgasm -- Practical tip: men learn to be gay -- Pt. 5
Your
rational
brain
-- Chpt. 21 One lump or two:
how
you make decisions -- Practical tip: maximizers and satisficers -- Practical tip: can willpower be trained? -- Chpt. 22 Intelligence (and the lack of it) -- Practical tip:
how
expectations influence test performance -- Great brains in small packages -- Myth:
brain
folding is a sign of intelligence -- Chpt. 23 Vacation snapshots: memory -- Forgetting
your
keys
but remembering
how
to
drive
-- Myth: recovered memory -- Practical tip: Can't get it our of my head --
Chpt. 24 Rationality without reason: autism -- Monkey see, monkey do: mirror neurons -- Myth: vaccines cause autism -- Chpt. 25 A brief detour to Mars and Venus: cognitive gender differences -- Myth: women are moodier than men -- Males are more variable than females -- Quiz:
how
to think like a man -- Pt. 6
Your
brain
in altered states -- Chpt. 26 Do you mind? Studying consciousness -- The Dalai Lama, enlightenment, and
brain
surgery -- Can
brain
scanners read
your
mind? -- My
brain
made me do it: neuroscience and the law -- Chpt. 27 In
your
dreams: the neuroscience of sleep -- Wake up little Susie: narcolepsy and modafinil --
Why
are yawns contagious? -- Chpt. 28 A pilgrimage: spirituality -- Meditation and the
brain
-- The neuroscience of visions -- Chpt. 29 Forgetting birthdays: stroke -- Practical tip: warning signs of stroke - and what to do -- Chpt. 30 A long, strange trip: drugs and alcohol -- Ecstasy and Prozac -- Does marijuana cause lung cancer? -- Hit me again: addiction and the
brain
-- Practical tip: drinking and pregnancy -- Chpt. 31
How
deep is
your
brain
? Therapies that stimulate the
brain
's core -- Interfaces between brains and machines -- Afterword Myths and facts about
brain
training -- Practical tip: evaluating marketing claims for medical treatments -- References and further reading -- Index.
Summary:
"We use our brains at practically every moment of our lives, and yet few of us have the first idea
how
they work. Much of what we think we know comes from folklore: that we only use 10 percent of our
brain
, or that drinking kills
brain
cells. These and
other
myths are wrong, as shown by neuroscientists who have spent decades studying this complex organ. However, most of what they have learned is not known to the world outside their laboratories. Here, the authors dispel common myths about the
brain
and provide a comprehensive, useful overview of
how
it really works. You'll discover
how
to cope with jet lag,
how
your
brain
affects
your
religion, and
how
men's and women's brains differ. With accessible prose decorated by charts, trivia, quizzes, and illustrations, this book is suitable for quick reference or extended reading."--From publisher.
Other authors:
Wang, Sam, 1967-
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