epub |eng | 2010-03-31 | Author:Blakeslee, Sandra & Hawkins, Jeff [Hawkins, Jeff]

WHAT A REGION OF CORTEX LOOKS LIKE We are now going to turn our attention to an individual region of cortex, one of the boxes in figure 5. Figure 6 ...

mobi |eng | 2013-07-15 | Author:Kellogg, Ronald T. [Kellogg, Ronald T.]

FEAR AS A PRIMAL EMOTION Perhaps the emotion best understood by science is fear. Although its valence is clearly negative, fear is a beneficial emotion in motivating avoidance of danger. ...

epub |eng | 2014-01-17 | Author:Rosenbaum, David A. [Rosenbaum, David A.]

Typing The final class of phenomena I’d like to consider in this chapter on action concerns the parallel, interactive nature of action control. Consider typewriting. For typewriting to work, your ...

epub |eng | 2010-01-31 | Author:Greenberg, Mark S. [Greenberg, Mark S.]

epub |eng | 2013-04-22 | Author:Burton, Robert [Burton, Robert]

9 • Under the Big Top What’s he building in there? What the hell is he building in there? —Tom Waits, “What’s He Building?” On my sixtieth birthday, my wife ...

epub |eng | 2012-09-04 | Author:Tintner, Ron & Toy, Eugene & Simpson, Ericka [Tintner, Ron]

CJD belongs to a family of human and animal diseases known as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). Spongiform refers to the characteristic appearance of infected brains, which become filled with ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2007-03-17 | Author:Kandel, Eric R. [Kandel, Eric R.]

WITH THE TOOLS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND THE SUPPORT of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in hand, we could now address questions about genes and memory. Since 1961 my experimental ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2012-03-19 | Author:Anschel, David [Anschel, David]

Questions 261 to 264 For each clinical scenario, select the most likely condition. Each lettered option may be used once, more than once, or not at all. a. Meige syndrome ...

epub |eng | 2014-03-14 | Author:Eben Alexander [Eben Alexander]

20. The Closing Each time I found myself stuck again in the coarse Earthworm’s-Eye View, I was able to remember the brilliant Spinning Melody, which opened the portal back to ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2014-04-08 | Author:Lance Dodes

CHAPTER SIX WHAT THE ADDICTS SAY THE ACCOUNTS IN THIS CHAPTER tell us a few things about what works and what fails in 12-step treatment, and why. As part of ...

epub |eng | 2010-04-12 | Author:Alan R. Crossman & David Neary [Crossman, Alan R. & Neary, David]

Reticular formation The reticular formation consists of a complex matrix of neurones that extends throughout the length of the brain stem. This is, in phylogenetic terms, a relatively old part ...

mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2010-09-15 | Author:Gary Wenk [Wenk, Gary]

SUMMARY Drugs that enhance the function of dopamine and norepinephrine (e.g., cocaine, mescaline, amphetamine, and its related chemicals such as ecstasy) produce a pleasurable feeling of euphoria and enhanced arousal; ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2005-03-31 | Author:Rose, Steven [Rose, Steven]

Fig. 7.1 Amyloid plaque. Fig. 7.2 MRI scans of medial temporal lobe in a ‘normal’ subject and one suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease; note the four-fold reduction in the thickness of ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2007-03-26 | Author:Sharon Begley [Begley, Sharon]

Quieting the OCD Circuit As discussed in the two preceding chapters, scientists were piling up examples of how sensory input—signals carried into the brain from the outside world—can alter the ...

epub |eng | 2010-05-24 | Author:Thomas PhD, Armstrong

CHAPTER 7 The Rainbow of Intelligences How much gentleness, insight and wisdom would be lost from our cultural heritage if we were to screen out . . . “defects” and ...