The brain supremacy : notes from the frontiers of neuroscience /

The brain supremacy : notes from the frontiers of neuroscience /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Taylor, Kathleen E. (Kathleen Eleanor)
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Description:	xi, 368 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Neuropsychology -- Popular works. Cognitive neuroscience -- Popular works. Brain -- Psychophysiology -- Popular works. Neurosciences. Brain. Nervous System Physiological Phenomena. Brain -- physiology. Neurosciences. Brain. Brain -- Psychophysiology. Cognitive neuroscience. Neuropsychology. Neurosciences. Popular works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8935502

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ISBN:	9780199603374 0199603375
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-362) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introducing the Brain Supremacy
2. The Many Powers of Science
3. Could We Read Minds?
4. Bring on the Designer Minds?
5. Seeing the Brain through Many Eyes
6. To Physics, With Thanks
7. The Subatomic Chorus
8. When Currents Flow
9. Neuroscience Goes Quantum
10. Poke It and See What Happens
11. Poking People
12. Chemical Control
13. Tweaking Genes
14. The Problems of Neurotech
15. Creating the Brain Supremacy
Appendix
Glossary
List of Websites
Notes
Bibliography
Index