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The popular, myth-busting guide to the neuroscience of everyday life, by two high-profile neuroscientists. In this lively book, Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang dispel common myths about the brain and provide a comprehensive, useful overview of how it really works. I n its pages, 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 witty, accessible prose enhanced by charts, trivia, quizzes, and illustrations, this book is great for quick reference or extended reading. Both practical and fun, this book is perfect whether you want to impress your friends or simply use your brain better.
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Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D., is the editor in chief of Nature Neuroscience, the leading scientific journal in the field of brain research. Before becoming an editor, she did her graduate work at the University of Rochester and was a postdoctoral researcher in neuroscience at Yale University. She lives in California with her husband, a professor of neuroscience. Sam Wang, Ph.D., is an associate professor of neuroscience at Princeton University. Before becoming a professor, he studied at Caltech, Stanford, and Bell Labs. He has published fifty articles on the brain in leading scientific journals and has received numerous awards. He and his wife, a physician, live in Princeton, New Jersey, with their daughter.
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Die Autoren können sich leider nicht entscheiden, ob sie für interessierte Laien, für Chemiker oder für Mediziner schreiben wollen.
So wird z.B. das Thema "Gedächtnisverlust durch Schlaganfall" anhand eines "Fallbeispieles" auf einem Niveau erklärt, das manchen Grundschüler unterfordern würde.
An anderer Stelle dagegen wird erklärt was passiert wenn die "Oxytocin-Rezeptoren im präfrontalen Kortex oder die AVP-Rezeptoren im lateralen Septum von [Nagetier] Männchen blockiert werden".
Durch diesen ständigen Wechsel zwischen Trivialitäten und Fachsimpelei fand ich das Buch sehr anstrengend zu lesen. Zwischen diesen Extrema habe ich auch leider kaum etwas in diesem Buch gefunden; nur sehr selten hatte ich am Ende eines Kapitels das Gefühl etwas dazugelernt zu haben.
Deutlich mehr mitgenommen habe ich da aus Büchern von Oliver Sacks und Vilaynur Ramachandran.
So wird z.B. das Thema "Gedächtnisverlust durch Schlaganfall" anhand eines "Fallbeispieles" auf einem Niveau erklärt, das manchen Grundschüler unterfordern würde.
An anderer Stelle dagegen wird erklärt was passiert wenn die "Oxytocin-Rezeptoren im präfrontalen Kortex oder die AVP-Rezeptoren im lateralen Septum von [Nagetier] Männchen blockiert werden".
Durch diesen ständigen Wechsel zwischen Trivialitäten und Fachsimpelei fand ich das Buch sehr anstrengend zu lesen. Zwischen diesen Extrema habe ich auch leider kaum etwas in diesem Buch gefunden; nur sehr selten hatte ich am Ende eines Kapitels das Gefühl etwas dazugelernt zu haben.
Deutlich mehr mitgenommen habe ich da aus Büchern von Oliver Sacks und Vilaynur Ramachandran.
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Brainy, fascinating fun
21. März 2008
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
"Welcome to Your Brain" examines the kinds of questions that got me interested in neuroscience 20 years ago when I was a college student fascinated by Oliver Sacks.
The tour of our mental landscape is presented in very short chapters that are punctuated by "Did you know?" "Practical tip" and "Myth" pullout boxes. The scientifically-accurate, up-to-date information covers details about how the brain works, while also providing a plethora of fun dinner-table conversation starters.
"Welcome to Your Brain" provides a great entry point for curious students and anyone interested in learning more about science. It's unusual to find a book that covers both the biological details as well as the science and society issues related to the brain.
So if you are curious why you can't tickle yourself, what the Dalai Lama thinks about reaching enlightenment through "artificial" means like drugs or surgery, and how brain function is related to prejudice, you'll want to check out "Welcome to Your Brain."
The tour of our mental landscape is presented in very short chapters that are punctuated by "Did you know?" "Practical tip" and "Myth" pullout boxes. The scientifically-accurate, up-to-date information covers details about how the brain works, while also providing a plethora of fun dinner-table conversation starters.
"Welcome to Your Brain" provides a great entry point for curious students and anyone interested in learning more about science. It's unusual to find a book that covers both the biological details as well as the science and society issues related to the brain.
So if you are curious why you can't tickle yourself, what the Dalai Lama thinks about reaching enlightenment through "artificial" means like drugs or surgery, and how brain function is related to prejudice, you'll want to check out "Welcome to Your Brain."
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Dispelling myths about the brain
20. März 2008
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This book by two neuroscientists is an outstanding, fun and smart introductory guide to the function of the brain . They explain how the brain does all sorts of cool things for us (what makes you a morning person vs. a late-night person, how your brain complicates trying to lose weight). The books also explains the origin of common myths (do you really only use 10% of your brain? can a knock the head restore memories?) and whether they are true (in these cases, they are not). The great and unusual thing about this book is that they do this based on real neurobiology but they make it accessible to all adults, no matter their educational background.
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Demystifing a complex subject with humor and real insight
5. April 2008
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
As a sufferer of Parkinson's disease, one of many Neurological diseases suffered today by millions world wide, I found this book both interesting and informative. It is written with real knowledge -as confirmed by my Neurologist, and with humor and just a little smugness at their debunking many of the myths we have held near and dear.
It is at once informative and interesting and really easy to read. It certainly exceeded my expectation. I have recommended it to many people from my Neurologist and other health professionals, to my fellow Parkinson's sufferers and other interested people.
Unfortunately I still can not remember where I put my car keys, and according to my kids, I have also forgotten how to drive.
It is at once informative and interesting and really easy to read. It certainly exceeded my expectation. I have recommended it to many people from my Neurologist and other health professionals, to my fellow Parkinson's sufferers and other interested people.
Unfortunately I still can not remember where I put my car keys, and according to my kids, I have also forgotten how to drive.
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