Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Imagination and the meaningful brain Imagination and the meaningful brain Arnold H. Modell "The ultimate goal of the cognitive sciences is to understand how the brain works - how it turns "matter into imagination." In Imagination and the Meaningful Brain, psychoanalyst Arnold Modell claims… OL13607543W
Sensory neuroscience Sensory neuroscience Jozef J. Zwislocki "Sensory Neuroscience: Four Laws of Psychophysics provides valid unifying principles and systematic applications for this otherwise fragmented precursor of experimental psychology, and defines four m… OL15107533W
Affective computing and interaction Affective computing and interaction Didem Gokcay "Uniting several aspects of affective interactions and topics in affective computing, this reference reviews basic foundations of emotions, furthers an understanding of the contribution of affect to … OL15521964W
The physical nature of Christian life The physical nature of Christian life Warren S. Brown "This book explores the implications of recent insights in modern neuroscience for the church's view of spiritual formation"-- OL16509719W
Cognitive Agent-based Computing-I Cognitive Agent-based Computing-I Muaz A. Niazi <p>Complex Systems are made up of numerous interacting sub-components. Non-linear interactions of these components or agents give rise to emergent behavior observable at the global scale. Agent-based… OL19835149W
Computational Neuroscience Computational Neuroscience Hanspeter A. Mallot Computational Neuroscience - A First Course provides an essential introduction to computational neuroscience and equips readers with a fundamental understanding of modeling the nervous system at the… OL19836322W
Human Psychophysics Human Psychophysics William A. Yost This volume presents facts and theories concerning the major topics in detection, discrimination, and perception of sounds by humans. The six review articles provide an invaluable summary of our know… OL19856249W
Pain and Neuroimmune Interactions Pain and Neuroimmune Interactions Nayef E. Saadé This volume is a result of an International Symposium on pain and neuroimmune interactions, held in Beirut, Lebanon, in May of 1999. The results of research on the neural mechanisms that relate tissu… OL19893250W
Sensors and Sensing in Biology and Engineering Sensors and Sensing in Biology and Engineering Friedrich G. Barth Biological sensors are usually remarkably small, sensitive and efficient. It is highly desirable to design corresponding artificial sensors for scientific, industrial and commercial purposes.This boo… OL19901666W
The biology of desire The biology of desire Marc David Lewis "Neuroscientist Lewis (Memoirs of an Addicted Brain) presents a strong argument against the disease model of addiction, which is currently predominant in medicine and popular culture alike, and bolst… OL20006196W
The Winner Effect The Winner Effect Ian H. Robertson "What makes a winner? Why do some succeed both in life and in business, and others fail? And why do a few individuals end up supremely powerful, while many remain powerless? Are men more likely to be… OL20407580W
Cognitive Enhancement Cognitive Enhancement Robert H. Blank "Rapid advances in cognitive neuroscience and converging technologies have led to a vigorous debate over cognitive enhancement. This book outlines the ethical and social issues, but goes on to focus … OL20788171W
Micro-, Meso- and Macro-Connectomics of the Brain Micro-, Meso- and Macro-Connectomics of the Brain Henry Kennedy,David C. Van Essen,Yves Christen Neurosciences, Neurology OL20864917W
Human and Machine Consciousness Human and Machine Consciousness David Gamez "Consciousness is widely perceived as one of the most fundamental, interesting and difficult problems of our time. However, we still know next to nothing about the relationship between consciousness … OL20930448W
Headhunters Headhunters Ben Shephard How did the human brain evolve? Why did it evolve as it did? What is man's place in evolution? This title traces the intellectual journey of four men who met at Cambridge in the 1890s and whose lives… OL23416610W
The Myth of Artifical Intelligence The Myth of Artifical Intelligence Erik J. Larson **“If you want to know about AI, read this book…it shows how a supposedly futuristic reverence for Artificial Intelligence retards progress when it denigrates our most irreplaceable resource for any … OL24610156W
The Dying of Enoch Wallace The Dying of Enoch Wallace Ira B. Black Until recently, theories of the brain and its diseases, and how it gives rise to mind and emotions were based on the model of a static, non-renewable network of nerve cells and their connections. The… OL4450723W
Natural-Born Cyborgs Natural-Born Cyborgs Andy Clark From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. But philosopher an… OL8003865W
Brain, Personality and Addictive Behaviours Brain, Personality and Addictive Behaviours Radha Venga A unique integration of neurophysiology, cognitive neuropsychology,psychology and the social environment in the explanation of motivation and behaviour. OL9883188W