The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691195889ISBN-10:691195889UPC:9780691195889Book Category:Science, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology, NeuropsychologyBook Topic:NeuroscienceSize:9.40 x 6.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCH1D9R368
The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds
The story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains work
We 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 through our sensory and motor regions. Neuroscientists call these blips "spikes." Spikes enable us to...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691195889ISBN-10:691195889UPC:9780691195889Book Category:Science, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology, NeuropsychologyBook Topic:NeuroscienceSize:9.40 x 6.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCH1D9R368
Mark Humphries is Chair in Computational Neuroscience at the University of Nottingham. He is the founding editor of The Spike, a Medium online publication. He lives in Sheffield, England. Twitter @markdhumphries
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