Description |
viii, 302 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
1. An atlas of you: What is a brain map? -- 2. The tyranny of numbers: Why brain maps exist -- 3. How brain maps determine what we see and feel -- 4. Out of the ether: Brain maps for hearing -- 5. Brain maps and codes for taste and smell -- 6. On the move: Brain maps for action -- 7. Maps in the making: How brain maps develop and adapt -- 8. Knowing again: Brain maps for recognition -- 9. Imagining, remembering, and paying attention with brain maps - 10. Comprehending and communicating with brain maps -- 11. Maps as portals: Mind reading and mind writing with brain maps -- 12. How brain maps weigh us down and how we rise above them. |
Summary |
"A path-breaking journey into the brain, showing how perception, thought, and action are products of "maps" etched into your gray matter-and how technology can use them to read your mind"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject(S) |
Brain.
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Neural networks (Neurobiology)
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ISBN |
9781328949967 (hardcover) |
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1328949966 (hardcover) |
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