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Book The Interbrain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Digby Tantam
  • Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • Release : 2018-01-18
  • ISBN : 0857008560
  • Pages : 394 pages

Download or read book The Interbrain written by Digby Tantam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digby Tantam presents the ground-breaking theory of the interbrain, the idea that human beings are endlessly connected by a continuous interplay of non-verbal communication of which we are unaware. Considering social smiles and the way emotions can spread from one person to another, he explores the research that shows how our brains are linked and draws out the implications of the interbrain for our understanding of empathy, social communication, psychology and group behaviour. Exploring this often overlooked aspect of our human nature, Tantam demonstrates how the interbrain has huge significance for psychology, psychiatry and sociology and can transform our understanding of war, morality, terrorism, psychopathy and much more.

Book The Interbrain

    Book Details:
  • Author : DIGBY. TANTAM
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-02-21
  • ISBN : 9781785924477
  • Pages : 400 pages

Download or read book The Interbrain written by DIGBY. TANTAM and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digby Tantam presents his ground-breaking theory of the interbrain, the idea that human beings are endlessly connected by a continuous interplay of non-verbal communication of which we are unaware. Considering social smiles and the way emotions can spread from one person to another, he explores the research that shows how our brains are linked and draws out the implications of the interbrain for our understanding of empathy, social communication, psychology and group behaviour. Exploring this often overlooked aspect of our human nature, Tantam demonstrates how the interbrain has huge significance for psychology, psychiatry and sociology and can transform our understanding of war, morality, terrorism, psychopathy and much more.

Book An Internet in Your Head

    Book Details:
  • Author : Daniel Graham
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2021-05-04
  • ISBN : 0231551614
  • Pages : 428 pages

Download or read book An Internet in Your Head written by Daniel Graham and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether we realize it or not, we think of our brains as computers. In neuroscience, the metaphor of the brain as a computer has defined the field for much of the modern era. But as neuroscientists increasingly reevaluate their assumptions about how brains work, we need a new metaphor to help us ask better questions. The computational neuroscientist Daniel Graham offers an innovative paradigm for understanding the brain. He argues that the brain is not like a single computer—it is a communication system, like the internet. Both are networks whose power comes from their flexibility and reliability. The brain and the internet both must route signals throughout their systems, requiring protocols to direct messages from just about any point to any other. But we do not yet understand how the brain manages the dynamic flow of information across its entire network. The internet metaphor can help neuroscience unravel the brain’s routing mechanisms by focusing attention on shared design principles and communication strategies that emerge from parallel challenges. Highlighting similarities between brain connectivity and the architecture of the internet can open new avenues of research and help unlock the brain’s deepest secrets. An Internet in Your Head presents a clear-eyed and engaging tour of brain science as it stands today and where the new paradigm might take it next. It offers anyone with an interest in brains a transformative new way to conceptualize what goes on inside our heads.

Book An Elementary Study of the Brain

Download or read book An Elementary Study of the Brain written by Eben Winslow Fiske and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Neurones and Supporting Elements of the Brain of a Selachian

Download or read book The Neurones and Supporting Elements of the Brain of a Selachian written by Gilbert Logan Houser and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Atlas of Regional Anatomy of the Brain Using MRI

Download or read book Atlas of Regional Anatomy of the Brain Using MRI written by Jean C. Tamraz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-02-08 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique review of the essential topographical anatomy of the brain from an MRI perspective, correlating high-quality anatomical plates with high-resolution MRI images. The book includes a historical review of brain mapping and an analysis of the essential reference planes used. It provides a detailed review of the sulcal and the gyral anatomy of the human cortex, guiding readers through an interpretation of the individual brain atlas provided by high-resolution MRI. The relationship between brain structure and function is approached in a topographical fashion with an analysis of the necessary imaging methodology and displayed anatomy. An extensive coronal atlas rounds off the book.

Book The brain from ape to man  a contribution to the study of the

Download or read book The brain from ape to man a contribution to the study of the written by Frederick Tilney and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Brain from Ape to Man

Download or read book The Brain from Ape to Man written by Frederick Tilney and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a classic study of the evolution of the central nervous system in the higher mammals.

Book Brain Maps

    Book Details:
  • Author : Larry W. Swanson
  • Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780126105827
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Brain Maps written by Larry W. Swanson and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The core of this book is an atlas of the rat brain viewed from 73 representative transverse levels along its longitudinal axis. New to this edition is a second drawing of gray and white matter distribution that illustrates major features of gray matter regionalizion in a color-coded way that is carried through the flatmaps of the rat CNS and the hierarchical nomenclature tables. Computer graphics files of the atlas and flatmaps are provided on the CD-ROM. They can be used to learn more about the structure of the brain, to map experimental results on standard or reference templates, to form databases of spatial information about the rat brain, and to create 3-D models.

Book Probabilistic Modeling for Segmentation in Magnetic Resonance Images of the Human Brain

Download or read book Probabilistic Modeling for Segmentation in Magnetic Resonance Images of the Human Brain written by Michael Wels and published by Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. This book was released on 2010 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the fully automatic generation of semantic annotations for medical imaging data by means of medical image segmentation and labeling is addressed. In particular, the focus is on the segmentation of the human brain and related structures from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. Three novel probabilistic methods from the field of database-guided knowledge-based medical image segmentation are presented. Each of the methods is applied to one of three MRI segmentation scenarios: 1) 3-D MRI brain tissue classification and intensity non-uniformity correction, 2) pediatric brain cancer segmentation in multi-spectral 3-D MRI, and 3) 3-D MRI anatomical brain structure segmentation. All the newly developed methods make use of domain knowledge encoded by probabilistic boosting-trees (PBT), which is a recent machine learning technique. For all the methods uniform probabilistic formalisms are presented that group the methods into the broader context of probabilistic modeling for the purpose of image segmentation. It is shown by comparison with other methods from the literature that in all the scenarios the newly developed algorithms in most cases give more accurate results and have a lower computational cost. Evaluation on publicly available benchmarking data sets ensures reliable comparability of the results to those of other current and future methods. One of the methods successfully participated in the ongoing online caudate segmentation challenge (www.cause07.org), where it ranks among the top five methods for this particular segmentation scenario.

Book Brain and Mind

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard James Arthur Berry
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1928
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 634 pages

Download or read book Brain and Mind written by Richard James Arthur Berry and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Brain Architecture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Larry W. Swanson
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 019537858X
  • Pages : 348 pages

Download or read book Brain Architecture written by Larry W. Swanson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its second edition, Brain Architecture is the continued exploration of how the brain works. At the very core of our existence, the brain generates our thoughts and feelings, directs our voluntary interactions with the environment, and coordinates all of the vital functions within the body itself. This long-overdue new edition explains this oftentimes daunting intricacy and exquisite detail. The first half of the book discusses the basic parts and how they work, presenting an overview of the nervous system at both the microscopic and macroscopic levels. The approach follows three classic lines of thought that proceed from simple to complex: the history of neuroscience research, the evolution of the nervous system, and the embryological development of the vertebrate central and peripheral nervous systems. The second half of the book outlines the basic wiring diagram of the brain and nervous system-how the parts are interconnected and how they control behavior and the internal state of the body. This is done within the framework of a new four-system network model that greatly simplifies understanding the structure-function organization of the nervous system. Written in clear and sparkling prose, beautifully illustrated, and thoroughly updated, Brain Architecture, Second Edition is must-read for anyone interested in the science of how the brain works.

Book Broken Connections  Alzheimer s Disease  Part I

Download or read book Broken Connections Alzheimer s Disease Part I written by Emile Franssen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A manual to providing nursing care during the functional decline of Alzheimer's patients, emphasizing how to evaluate the patients' competence at each stage and allow them to take as much care of themselves as possible. Part I describes the now predictable course of the decline.

Book Broken Connections  Alzheimer s Disease

Download or read book Broken Connections Alzheimer s Disease written by Emile Franssen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A manual to providing nursing care during the functional decline of Alzheimer's patients, emphasizing how to evaluate the patients' competence at each stage and allow them to take as much care of themselves as possible. Part I describes the now predictable course of the decline.

Book Can the World Afford Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Download or read book Can the World Afford Autistic Spectrum Disorder written by Digby Tantam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world affords to most of us a web of subliminal nonverbal communication that regulates our minds, indicates whether our beliefs have, or have not, social approval, and generally guides us. People with autism do not seem to be influenced by these subliminal signals as much as others, and this results in the difficulties in social interaction that are so characteristic of all the autistic spectrum disorders. How is such nonverbal communication carried out, and why do people on the autism spectrum find it so difficult? What are the consequences of this for them, and how do these consequences affect their personality, self-awareness, and sense of place in the world? Digby Tantam explores current theories on nonverbal communication and how it shapes social behaviour, and the evidence for it being impaired in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). He shows how knowledge of this difference can be used to overcome some of the impairments in nonverbal communication in people with ASD, but also how acknowledging them can result in more positive development elsewhere. This groundbreaking book will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in communication, as well as people who have ASD themselves, their families, and all professionals working with people on the autism spectrum.

Book Design Thinking Research

Download or read book Design Thinking Research written by Christoph Meinel and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extensive research conducted by the Hasso Plattner Design Thinking Research Program at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA, and the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, has yielded valuable insights on why and how design thinking works. The participating researchers have identified metrics, developed models, and conducted studies, which are featured in this book, and in the previous volumes of this series. This volume provides readers with tools to bridge the gap between research and practice in design thinking with varied real world examples. Several different approaches to design thinking are presented in this volume. Acquired frameworks are leveraged to understand design thinking team dynamics. The contributing authors lead the reader through new approaches and application fields and show that design thinking can tap the potential of digital technologies in a human-centered way. In a final section, new ideas in neurodesign at Stanford University and at Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam are elaborated upon thereby challenging the reader to consider newly developed methodologies and provide discussion of how these insights can be applied to various sectors. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the mechanisms underlying design thinking at the individual and team levels. Design thinking can be learned. It has a methodology that can be observed across multiple settings and accordingly, the reader can adopt new frameworks to modify and update existing practice. The research outcomes compiled in this book are intended to inform and provide inspiration for all those seeking to drive innovation – be they experienced design thinkers or newcomers.

Book The Human Hand

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charlotte Wolff
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2015-08-11
  • ISBN : 1317393279
  • Pages : 202 pages

Download or read book The Human Hand written by Charlotte Wolff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1942, this book was very different from anything else written about the psychology of hands. The author had worked amongst apes and monkeys at the zoo, patients in what at the time were called ‘mental hospitals’, and amongst all manner of men, women and children. The results of her research are found here where she looks at how the hands link to the brain and ultimately our personality. A pioneer in this field the author continued her research in this area for a number of years. A fascinating glimpse into early personality psychology.