The Spike : : An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds / / Mark Humphries.

The story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains workWe see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take that? We reach a hand out. In the 2.1 seconds that this impulse travels through our brain, billions of neurons communicate with one another, sending blips of voltage thr...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 17 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • THE SPIKE
  • CHAPTER ONE. Introduction
  • CHAPTER TWO. All or Nothing
  • CHAPTER THREE. Legion
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Split Personality
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Failure
  • CHAPTER SIX. The Dark Neuron Problem
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. The Meaning of Spike
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. A Moving Experience
  • CHAPTER NINE. Spontaneity
  • CHAPTER TEN. But a Moment in Time
  • CODA. The Future of Spikes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index