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" Brain sense : "
Faith Hickman Brynie
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BL
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586418
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b415637
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| Main Entry
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Brynie, Faith Hickman,1946-
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| Title & Author
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Brain sense : : the science of the senses and how we process the world around us /\ Faith Hickman Brynie
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: American Management Association,, c2009
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xiv, 274 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780814413241
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: 0814413242
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Life without touch -- In from the cold -- On which side is your bread buttered? -- Pain and the placebo effect -- Nematodes, haptics, and brain-machine interfaces -- It's Valentine's day-- sniff! -- Do odors dance in your nose? -- Life without scent -- The sweaty scent of sex -- Express train to happiness -- The bitter truth -- Coconut crazy -- Cooking up some brain chemistry -- How to knit a baby taste bud -- Expecting what you taste and tasting what you expect -- The big picture -- Color and memory -- Sizing things up -- On the move -- Vision and the video game -- Hearing, left and right -- Listening and language -- My ears are ringing -- Music and the plastic brain -- Cochlear implant : one man's journey -- Synesthesia : when senses overlap -- If this looks like déjà vu, you ain't seen nuthin' yet -- Feeling a phantom -- Probabilities and the paranormal -- Time
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"Complex and crucially important, the senses collect the massive amount of information we need to navigate daily life, and serve as a filter between our inner selves and the larger world. But the science of how the senses work has been little understood - until now." "New research is rapidly uncovering fascinating insights into how the brain processes sensory information. It's not simply a matter of the brain controlling the senses; the senses actually stimulate brain development. For example, the brain's sound-processing centers mature properly only when sound impulses trigger them to do so - which is why cochlear implants are best used before the age of three. Brain Sense reveals this and a wealth of findings on how the brain and senses interact, as it examines each of the five major senses: touch, smell, taste, vision, and hearing."--BOOK JACKET
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Senses and sensation
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Sensation-- physiology
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Perception-- physiology
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Sensation Disorders
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| Dewey Classification
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152.1
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| LC Classification
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BF233.B97 2009
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2009 L-527
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WL 702B916b 2009
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