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" The Scientific American brave new brain / "
Judith Horstman.
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BL
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982906
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b737276
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Horstman, Judith.
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The Scientific American brave new brain /\ Judith Horstman.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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San Francisco, Calif. :: Jossey-Bass,, ©2010.
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xiv, 176 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :: color illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0470376244
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: 9780470376249
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"How neuroscience, brain-machine interfaces, neuroimaging, psychopharmacology, epigenetics, the internet, and our own minds are stimulating and enhancing the future of mental power"--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-151) and index.
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| Contents
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Your changeable brain: neurogenesis, neuroplasticity, and epigenetics -- Boosting your brain power -- Manipulating your memory -- Digital you: what the digital explosion is doing to your iBrain -- Looking inside your brain: the magic of neuroimaging -- Rewiring the brain electric -- Your bionic brain: the merging of brain with machines -- The possible dreams: stem cells, gene therapy, and nanotechnology -- Neuroethics: facing the dark side -- The past is prologue: to the future.
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| Abstract
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Judith Horstman presents a highly informative and entertaining look at the future of your brain, based on articles from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazines, and the work of today's visionary neuroscientists. --from publisher description.
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Brain-- Metabolism.
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Brain-- Physiology.
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Brain.
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Neurophysiology.
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Ämnesomsättning.
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Brain-- Metabolism.
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Brain-- Physiology.
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Brain.
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Fysiologi.
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Hjärna.
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Neurofysiologi.
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Neurophysiology.
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Brain.
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Brain-- metabolism.
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Brain-- physiology.
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Nervous System Physiological Phenomena.
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| Dewey Classification
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612.8/2
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QP376.H755 2010
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WL 300H819sa 2010
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Scientific American, inc.
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Brave new brain
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