Neurovetenskap

The neuron doctrine, first formulated in 1891, states that the brain is constructed of individual neurons, organized into functioning circuits that mediate behavior. Above all …

This book reconsiders the major current topics in the philosophy of perception using olfaction as the paradigm sense. The author reveals how many of the most basic concepts of …

Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience and Neurobiology presents the mind as a spatio-temporal platform shaped by dynamic neural activity. It examines how systems like attention, …

Imagine how it would feel to one day wake up and find your vision descending swiftly into darkness.Your fingertips are turning numb, and, as the world closes in around you, you …

How can an abstract sequence of sounds so intensely express emotional states? How does music elicit or arouse our emotions? What happens at the physiological and neural level when …

When we began to organize the workshop "e;Calcium and Cellular Metabolism: Transport and Regulation"e; the goal we had in mind was to put together the knowledge of 2 …

Over the last twenty-five years, there has been an extensive effort, still growing for that matter, to explore and understand the organization of extrastriate cor­ tex in primates. …

The present collection of papers focuses on the subject of vision. The papers bring together new insights and facts from various branches of experimental and theoretical …

Our brains do amazing things: they determine our actions, our thoughts and our feelings. We may not always realise it, but the brain is central to the way we experience life. So …

Illuminating, entertaining and wise. Nicholas A. Christakis, NatureConscience, a finalist for the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, explores why all social groups …