Neurosciences Books
CABI Publishing Discovery of a Visual System - The Honeybee, The
Book SynopsisThis book is the only account of what honeybees actually see. Bees detect some visual features such as edges and colours, but there is no sign that they reconstruct patterns or put together features to form objects. Bees detect motion but have no perception of what it is that moves, and certainly they do not recognize "things" by their shapes. Yet they clearly see well enough to fly and find food with a minute brain. Bee vision is therefore relevant to the construction of simple artificial visual systems, for example for mobile robots. The surprising conclusion is that bee vision is adapted to the recognition of places, not things. In this volume, Adrian Horridge also sets out the curious and contentious history of how bee vision came to be understood, with an account of a century of neglect of old experimental results, errors of interpretation, sharp disagreements, and failures of the scientific method. The design of the experiments and the methods of making inferences from observations are also critically examined, with the conclusion that scientists are often hesitant, imperfect and misleading, ignore the work of others, and fail to consider alternative explanations. The erratic path to understanding makes interesting reading for anyone with an interest in the workings of science but particularly those researching insect vision and invertebrate sensory systems.Table of Contents1: The Difficult Birth of Honeybee Colour Vision 2: No Way to Untie the Spell 3: Innovation, Deep Thought and Hard Work 4: The Fundamentals of the Insect Compound Eye 5: How Bees Distinguish Colours and Modulation 6: Feature Detectors, Cues, Resolution, Preferences and Coincidences 7: Symmetry and Asymmetry: Signposts in Route Finding 8: Bee Vision is Not Adapted for Pattern or Shape 9: The Visual Control of Flight 10: The Route to the Goal and Back Again 11: What Was Not Mentioned 12: What We Learned
£84.02
Kogan Page Ltd Neuroscience for Leaders: Practical Insights to
Book SynopsisUnlock your potential with the latest neuroscientific insights and succeed as a leader in complex business environments. As understanding of neuroscience increases, it is better understood how scientific insights can be applied to develop and enhance leadership. Neuroscience for Leaders captures the most up-to-date and important findings in neuroscience and links these to the business world. This guide offers a simple framework to put these principles into practice to make better decisions, take the right actions and find faster solutions. Now in its second edition, this book presents a comprehensive approach to leading people and organizations based on academic research. The authors' 'Brain Adaptive Leadership' approach offers a step-by-step guide to enhancing the way leaders think, understanding and nurturing emotions, shaping automated brain responses and developing dynamic relationships. Examples, activities and practical suggestions are all designed to be clear and engaging. Neuroscience for Leaders is the essential guide for leaders who are ready to gain the business advantage scientifically.Trade Review"Leading a company successfully isn't easy. And since times are changing more rapidly than ever, your leadership skills need to adapt too. The Brain Adaptive Leadership model explained in this book provides the understanding and the practical methods for upgrading your leadership skills for the challenges to come." * Patrick De Pauw, CEO, Social Seeder *"A timely book by Dr. Dimitriadis and Prof. Psychogios in this transformative moment, as the world sheds its old skin. Neuroscience for Leaders is a clarion call to business leaders and to the world's growing human-centered economy movement. The book offers insightful and practical approaches and frameworks necessary for leading a sustainable and meaningful socio-economic environment." * Siamak Z. Salimpour, Founder, Alchemy of Work *"HR professionals worldwide are under pressure to upgrade their game by incorporating innovative methods and new ideas into their practices. At the same time, uncertainty and complexity being higher than ever have reinforced the belief that a strong focus on people is the only meaningful way forward for all companies, regardless of industry or location. Putting people at the very center of what you do requires a better understanding of what it means to be human, how we make decisions and what drives our behavior. Since neuroscience sheds a new light into human nature, this book is an important step towards this direction. Highly recommended." * Alexis Doukas, CEO, Optimal HR Group *"With leadership remaining an ongoing challenge, this book finally sets the record straight that intelligence matters not least because it combines cognitive, emotional and intuitive dimensions." * Elena Antonacopoulou, Professor, GNOSIS, University of Liverpool Management School (about a previous edition) *"I firmly believe that business results are the direct outcome of collective efforts, guided by a strong vision and even stronger leadership. However, until now the true nature of leadership was difficult to explain, regardless experiencing it daily. Dr Dimitriadis and Dr Psychogios have managed to untangle the mystery of effective leadership by revealing how the brain works in complex business environments. Read it, practise it and become a great leader!" * Maria Anargyrou-Nikolic, General Manager, Coca-Cola HBC Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (about a previous edition) *"There are many books on leadership - perhaps too many! However, this book is well worth reading. The authors have done a really great job in bringing together developments in neuroscience and thinking about leadership to produce a thought provoking view of leadership. They make the complex area of neuroscience very accessible and use this to produce a really helpful framework for thinking about leadership. The authors have achieved a fine balance between the rigour of their arguments and the practical applications of the framework that they have developed. Even if you have a lot of books on leadership on your shelves you should make room for this one." * Malcolm Higgs, Professor of Organization Behaviour and HRM, Southampton Business School, University of Southampton (about a previous edition) *"Neuroscience is invading every scientific, economic and social aspect more and more. This book is the brilliant confirmation that understanding the mechanisms, processes and functions of the brain can help us solve problems, distinguish leaders from regular managers and uncover the right answers for generating growth." * Matteo Venerucci, Cognitive Psychologist and Brain Propaganda Founder (about a previous edition) *"An amazing compendium that will certainly assist managers and professionals in advancing their leadership skills. The book deals with the subject of this interdisciplinary research to resolve complex problems while facing challenging environments. The authors have included numerous examples from a practical and holistic perspective in order to illustrate how to create common ground about our adaptive leadership and how to put into action our leadership brain capabilities by applying their proposed BAL model. It is a fascinating book which will change your life." * Panayiotis H Ketikidis BSc MSc PhD, Professor, University of Sheffield International Faculty, City College and Chairman of the South East European Research Centre (about a previous edition) *"Leadership as an attitude? Yes. Read through and you will find it in your brain! This book will help you get acquainted with how neuroscience, psychology and anthropology can improve performance and develop your leadership brain. I have found the concepts discussed in the book highly beneficial." * Ghaleb A. Al-Ghoutani, Head of OD, Rawabi Holding – KSA (about a previous edition) *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction – The leadership enigma and the human brain; Section - ONE: Pillar 1 thinking brain; Chapter - 01: Powerful brain, powerful leader; Chapter - 02: Clear mind, strong direction; Chapter - 03: Higher performance, more followers; Chapter - 04: Summary of pillar 1; Section - TWO: Pillar 2 emotional brain; Chapter - 05: More emotion, better decisions; Chapter - 06: Right emotion, right action; Chapter - 07: Summary of pillar 2; Section - THREE: Pillar 3 brain automations; Chapter - 08: Gut reaction, faster solution; Chapter - 09: Summary of pillar 3; Section - FOUR: Pillar 4 relational brain; Chapter - 10: More connected, more successful; Chapter - 11: Brain communication, better persuasion; Chapter - 12: Summary of pillar 4; Chapter - 13: Concluding remarks – The future, the brain and the BAL approach
£65.00
Collective Ink Woody’s Last Laugh: How the Extinct Ivory-billed
Book SynopsisWoody’s Last Laugh explores a simmering controversy amid scientists, conservationists, birders and the media: the supposed “extinction” of American ivory-billed woodpecker. Among the first to identify rampant mental errors inside conservation and environmental professions, the book identifies 53 distinct kinds of cognitive blunders, psychological biases, and logical fallacies on both sides of the woodpecker controversy. Few species have ever provoked such social rancor. Why are rumors of its persistence so prevalent, unlike other near or recently extinct animals? Why are we so bad mannered with each other about a mere bird? How is it that we cannot agree even on whether a mere bird is alive or dead? Woody’s Last Laugh uncovers why such mysteries so mess with our heads. By exploring uncharted borders between conservation and mental perception, new ways of evaluating truth and accuracy are opened to everyone. Author Dr. J. Christopher Haney is a biologist, conservation scientist and lifelong birder. For 12 years he was Chief Scientist at Defenders of Wildlife. In 2010, following the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service invited him to lead the largest pelagic study of marine birds ever conducted in the Gulf of Mexico. Since 2013 he has been president of Terra Mar Applied Sciences, an independent public-interest conservation research firm which he founded. If there is one lesson Dr. Haney hopes his book delivers, it is to not overvalue our thinking skills. Human reason is fallible, even among scientists and technical experts. To improve our essential relationship with nature, conservation practices will need to devote as much attention to the unbridled thoughts as the unswerving sentiments. Dead or alive, however, the ivory-bill got the last laugh on us all.
£20.89
Business Expert Press Build Better Brains: A Leader’s Guide to the World of Neuroscience
Book SynopsisThe exciting news is that leadership has become measurable in the brain. This opens a new perspective on “the biology of leadership”. Have you every wished to discover what lies inside of the box on top of your head? Are you aware that by reading this book you will forever change your brain, because your brain is an eternal construction site? Did you know that we have three brains? One brain in the brain, one in the heart, one in the gut? With Millennials and Generation Z becoming most of our workforce, the way we think about leadership is changing. Advances in neuroscience can prepare leaders to build a culture of trust and purpose for themselves and their teams. Build Better Brains is neither a leadership book nor a book on neuroscience. It merges the best of the two worlds to serve a new type of leader emerging with contemporary organizations. Build Better Brains: Offers practical, science-based applications for improving the efficiency of leadership in today’s fast-paced VUCA world; Applies the knowledge and tools of neuroscience as foundation for leading people and building better companies; Is based on simple concepts, utilizing the latest insights from both leadership and neuroscience, without missing out on scientific facts; Teaches, but also entertains: leadership is full of fights, fiction, failures, but should also be fun; Serves the common need in today’s over-engineered yet antiquated workplaces to discover the magic inside our brains. Leadership is born in the brain.
£25.16
Rutgers University Press Unleaded: How Changing Our Gasoline Changed
Book SynopsisWhen leaded gasoline was first developed in the 1920s, medical experts were quick to warn of the public health catastrophes it would cause. Yet government regulators did not heed their advice, and for more than half a century, nearly all cars used leaded gasoline, which contributed to a nationwide epidemic of lead poisoning. By the 1970s, 99.8% of American children had significantly elevated levels of lead in their blood. Unleaded tells the story of how crusading scientists and activists convinced the U.S. government to ban lead additives in gasoline. It also reveals how, for nearly fifty years, scientific experts paid by the oil and mining industries abused their authority to convince the public that leaded gasoline was perfectly harmless. Combining environmental history, sociology, and neuroscience, Carrie Nielsen explores how lead exposure affects the developing brains of children and is linked to social problems including academic failure, teen pregnancies, and violent crime. She also shows how, even after the nationwide outrage over Flint’s polluted water, many poor and minority communities and communities of color across the United States still have dangerously high lead levels. Unleaded vividly depicts the importance of sound science and strong environmental regulations to protect our nation’s most vulnerable populations.Trade Review"Nielsen has developed a sophisticated analysis of childhood lead exposure. One of the real joys of this book is that it is written in an accessible style and makes an important contribution to the historical literature on childhood lead poisoning."— Gerald Markowitz, author of Lead Wars "Carrie Nielsen’s Unleaded provides a scientific perspective on an early-twentieth-century federal policy that misguidedly allowed the rapid rise and then, sensibly, the decline of a single product, leaded gasoline. The outcomes of these policy decisions changed the global environment and the socioeconomic fate of millions of people, mainly in the U.S. but also worldwide."— Howard Mielke, Tulane University School of MedicineTable of ContentsPreface 1 Lead in 20th Century America 2 Where the Lead Came From 3 Getting the Lead Out 4 Lead in America’s Children 5 Brains and Behavior and Lead 6 Lead and Violence 7 The Lead Problem Persists 8 Lessons from the Lead Battles Conclusion: Understanding our Leaded World Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£23.39
Rutgers University Press Unleaded: How Changing Our Gasoline Changed
Book SynopsisWhen leaded gasoline was first developed in the 1920s, medical experts were quick to warn of the public health catastrophes it would cause. Yet government regulators did not heed their advice, and for more than half a century, nearly all cars used leaded gasoline, which contributed to a nationwide epidemic of lead poisoning. By the 1970s, 99.8% of American children had significantly elevated levels of lead in their blood. Unleaded tells the story of how crusading scientists and activists convinced the U.S. government to ban lead additives in gasoline. It also reveals how, for nearly fifty years, scientific experts paid by the oil and mining industries abused their authority to convince the public that leaded gasoline was perfectly harmless. Combining environmental history, sociology, and neuroscience, Carrie Nielsen explores how lead exposure affects the developing brains of children and is linked to social problems including academic failure, teen pregnancies, and violent crime. She also shows how, even after the nationwide outrage over Flint’s polluted water, many poor and minority communities and communities of color across the United States still have dangerously high lead levels. Unleaded vividly depicts the importance of sound science and strong environmental regulations to protect our nation’s most vulnerable populations.Trade Review"Nielsen has developed a sophisticated analysis of childhood lead exposure. One of the real joys of this book is that it is written in an accessible style and makes an important contribution to the historical literature on childhood lead poisoning."— Gerald Markowitz, author of Lead Wars "Carrie Nielsen’s Unleaded provides a scientific perspective on an early-twentieth-century federal policy that misguidedly allowed the rapid rise and then, sensibly, the decline of a single product, leaded gasoline. The outcomes of these policy decisions changed the global environment and the socioeconomic fate of millions of people, mainly in the U.S. but also worldwide."— Howard Mielke, Tulane University School of MedicineTable of ContentsPreface 1 Lead in 20th Century America 2 Where the Lead Came From 3 Getting the Lead Out 4 Lead in America’s Children 5 Brains and Behavior and Lead 6 Lead and Violence 7 The Lead Problem Persists 8 Lessons from the Lead Battles Conclusion: Understanding our Leaded World Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£55.25
Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Neuroethology of Birdsong
Book SynopsisVocal signals are central for social communication across a wide range of vertebrate species; consequently, it is critical to understand the mechanisms underlying the learning, control, and evolution of vocal communication. Songbirds are at the forefront of research into such neural mechanisms. Indeed, songbirds provide a particularly important model system for this endeavor because of the many parallels between birdsong and human speech. Specifically, (1) songbirds are one of the few vertebrate species that, like humans, learn their vocal signals during development, (2) the processes of song learning and control in songbirds shares many parallels with the process of speech acquisition in humans, and (3) there exist deep homologies between the circuits for the learning, control, and processing of vocal signals across songbirds and humans. In addition, because of the diversity of songbirds and song learning strategies, songbirds offer a powerful model system to use the comparative method to reveal mechanisms underlying the evolution of song learning and production. Taken together, research on songbirds can not only reveal general principles underlying vertebrate vocal communication but can also provide insight into potential mechanisms underlying the learning, control, and processing of speech. This volume will cover a range of topics in birdsong spanning multiple level of analysis. Chapters will be authored by the world’s leading experts on birdsong and will provide comprehensive reviews of the processes underlying song learning, of the neural circuits for song learning and control as well as for the extraction and processing of song information, of the selection pressures underlying song evolution, and of genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the learning and evolution of song. The primary goals of this volume are to provide comprehensive, integrative, and comparative perspectives on birdsong and to underscore the importance of birdsong to biomedical research, evolutionary biology, and behavioral, systems, and computational neuroscience.The target audience of this volume will be graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established academics and neuroscientists who are interested in mechanisms of communication from an integrative and comparative perspective. The volume is intended to function as a high-profile and contemporary reference on current work related to the learning, control, processing, and evolution of birdsong. This volume will have broad appeal to comparative and sensory biologists, neurophysiologists, and behavioral, systems, and cognitive neuroscientists who attend meetings such as the Society for Neuroscience, the International Society for Neuroethology, and the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Because of the relevance of birdsong research to understanding human speech, it is likely that the volume will also be of interest to speech researchers and clinicians researching communication, motor, and sensory processing disorders.Table of ContentsPROPOSED CHAPTERS (with proposed senior authors) 1. Approaching birdsong from multiple levels of analysis - Jon T. Sakata and Sarah C. Woolley This chapter will provide a broad overview of birdsong research from multiple levels of analysis. We will adopt Tinbergen’s landmark framework to provide summaries of research into the mechanisms, development, evolutionary history, and adaptive significance of birdsong (e.g., the importance of song performance to reproductive success). This introductory chapter will highlight key concepts to be discussed in greater depth in subsequent chapters and will emphasize the complementarity of birdsong research to broader research on vocal communication in vertebrates. 2. History of birdsong research - Jonathan Prather and Donald Kroodsma This chapter will present a historical overview of the field of birdsong. The authors will review the works of researchers who paved the way for the modern era of birdsong (e.g., Thorpe, Marler, Nottebohm, Konishi), highlight the importance of the comparative approach, outline central questions in birdsong, and discuss novel methodologies to answer classic questions. 375 3. Bridging birdsong and speech - Jon T. Sakata and Patricia Kuhl Songbirds are one of the few vertebrate species that, like humans, are not born with their vocal communication signals but must learn the structure of their species-typical vocalizations during development. Further, the process of song learning in songbird^1200 times). The chapter will discuss such diverse topics such as critical periods, sensory refinement across development, social reinforcement and contingency, learning in a social context, sensorimotor learning, reinforcement models for sensory and sensorimotor learning, species constraints on song learning, and entrainment. 4. Neural mechanisms of vocal learning - Mimi Kao and Michael S. Brainard This chapter will provide a comprehensive review of the neural mechanisms underlying vocal learning, theoretical models of vocal learning, and empirical tests of these models. The authors will provide detailed descriptions of the contributions of neurons in the canonical ‘song system’ and auditory processing circuits to vocal learning and plasticity. In addition, this chapter will review recent advances into our understanding of how neuromodulatory inputs into song and auditory circuits (e.g., from the ventral tegmental area, locus coeruleus, and nucleus basalis) shape the process of vocal learning. This chapter will also review shared and distinct mechanisms underlying sensory vs. sensorimotor learning as well as recent advances into the contribution of brain areas outside the canonical song system to song learning. 5. Neural mechanisms of song control - Michael Long and Tim Gardner This chapter will review the exciting new advances in our understanding of how neurons in the song system control song production. The chapter will provide an overview of theoretical models of song control and empirical support for such models and will discuss sensorimotor integration, efference copy, and feedback signals. The authors will also summarize recent technological advances to probe neural function, including optogenetics, miniaturized Peltier devices, and micro-imaging techniques. 6. Songbirds as models to understanding basal ganglia function - Arthur Leblois and David Perkel Area X is a basal ganglia structure that is critical for song learning and control and that resembles basal ganglia structures in mammals. This chapter will review the microcircuitry within Area X, the homologies between Area X and mammalian basal ganglia circuits, and the function of Area X neuronal circuits to juvenile song learning and to adult song control and plasticity. In addition, the authors will discuss how midbrain circuitry influences Area X function and, relatedly, how songbirds can help us understand the neural processes underlying Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease. 7. Auditory processing for social decision-making - Sarah C. Woolley and Sarah M.N. Woolley Both male and female songbirds heavily rely on auditory information from conspecifics to make important social decisions; for example, female songbirds select their mates based on the quality of his song. This chapter will review the advances in understanding mechanisms of auditory processing for social decision-making. The authors will synthesize neurophysiological, cellular, and neuroimaging data to present an integrative framework for understanding sensory processing for social decision-making. 8. Regulation and modulation of auditory processing - Luke Remage-Healey and Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama The processing of ethologically relevant stimuli is modulated by a variety of factors including behavioral state (awake vs. sleeping vs. anesthetized; singing vs. quiescent), developmental history, and species. This chapter will review how such factors influence auditory responses in songbirds and discuss the neural and endocrine mechanisms (e.g., norepinephrine, acetylcholine, sex steroid hormones) that could underlie such modulation of auditory responses. 9. Computational approaches to understanding the processing and production of birdsong - Frederic Theunissen and Kamal Sen Computational approaches have yielded important insights into how the nervous system encodes and decodes information. Such approaches have allowed birdsong researchers to uncover, for example, the complexity of receptive fields in the songbird brain as well as the hierarchical nature of sensory processing. This chapter will provide a comparative and in-depth overview of computational approaches to understanding both the processing and production of birdsong. 10. Genetic architectures underlying vocal learning and control - Sarah London and Constance Scharff Understanding how genes regulate complex behaviors like birdsong is a fundamental pursuit in behavioral neuroscience. Indeed, because of the numerous similarities in vocal learning processes between songbirds and humans, revealing the genes that influence vocal learning in songbirds can provide profound insight into the genes that could underlie variation in vocal learning in humans, including genes underlying developmental and communicative disorders. This chapter will provide a comprehensive review of the genes that have been found to influence song learning in songbirds, in particular in the zebra finch, with a focus on genes that have similarly been implicated in speech acquisition in humans (e.g., foxp2, cntnap2). 11. Cognitive contributions to song perception and production - Tim Gentner The songs of a variety of songbirds, including European starlings and Bengalese finches, have complex acoustic and syntactic structures and live in communities with complex social structures. Consequently, these songbirds offer a powerful opportunity to reveal the cognitive mechanisms underlying the processing and production of complex vocalizations. In addition, cognitive processes such as habituation and individual recognition regulate the processing and production of song in a wide range of songbird species. This chapter will review the exciting advances in our understanding of how avian brains process complex auditory signals. 12. Functional significance of vocal performance - Jeff Podos Because females decide to mate with individual males based, in part, on the the quality of their song, it is critical to understand the features of song that represent “song quality”. This chapter will review the various features of song considered to represent song quality, including repertoire size, complexity, and difficulty of performance, as well as the empirical support for the importance of these features to reproductive success. Further, the chapter will provide an overview of the peripheral and neurobiological control of these features in order to reveal potential substrates that selection acts upon. 13. Comparative studies of songbirds to reveal molecular mechanisms underlying the evolution of song learning - Kazuhiro Wada, Kazuo Okanoya, and Erich Jarvis Vocal learning has evolved independently in three clades of birds – songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these evolutionary events remain elusive. With the utilization of high-throughput technologies to rapidly sequence genomes and analyze gene expression, we have recently gained deeper insight into the molecular underpinnings of song learning evolution. This chapter will provide an overview of approaches to study the evolution of song learning in birds and a review of the recent literature on candidate genes and molecules for vocal learning. The authors will also provide an outlook on the future of advances in the field, including the integration of evo-devo approaches and behavioral genetics to the study of song evolution.
£142.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Modern Approaches to Augmentation of Brain
Book SynopsisThis book covers recent advances in neural technology that provide for enhancements for brain function. It addresses a broad range of neural phenomena occurring in the brain circuits involved in perception, cognition, emotion and action, that represent the building blocks of behavior and cognition. Augmentation of brain function can be achieved by using brain implants for recordings, stimulation, or drug delivery. Alternative methods include employing brain-machine interfaces, as well as noninvasive activation of certain brain areas. This volume evaluates existing methods of brain augmentation while discussing the brain circuitry and neuronal mechanisms that make augmentation possible. This volume offers novel insights into brain disorders, and explores new devices for brain repair while also addressing the philosophical and ethical implications of brain augmentation. The information in this book is relevant to researchers in the fields of neuroscience, engineering, and clinical practice. Advance Praise for Modern Approaches to Augmentation of Brain Function: “This impressive book by leading experts in neuroscience and neuroengineering lays out the future of brain augmentation, in which the human mind and machine merge, leading to a rapid exponential growth of the power of humanity.”Ray Kurzweil, best-selling author, inventor, entrepreneur and a recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1999), and the Lemelson-MIT Prize (2001) "This book employs a holistic approach in covering the recent advances in the fields of neuroscience, neuroinformatics, neurotechnology and neuro-psycho-pharmacology. Each chapter of the book covers major aspects of modern brain research in connection with the human mind and behavior, and is authored by researchers with unique expertise in their field. "Ioan Dumitrache, Prof. Dr. Eng. Faculty of Computer Science, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania “This book presents compelling perspectives on what interactive neuroscience will look like in the future, delving into the innovatory ideas of a diverse set of neuroscientists, and speculating on the different ways computer chips implanted in the brains of humans can effect intelligence and communication.”György Buzsáki, MD, PhD is the Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NYTable of ContentsPREFACE (Ioan Opris, Mikhail Lebedev, Manuel F. Casanova) INTRODUCTION: What is the meaning of the augmented brain function? Jon H. Kaas Part 1: Stimulating the brain 1) Using electrical stimulation to explore and augment the functions of parietal-frontal cortical networks in primates (Jon H. Kaas and Iwona Stepniewska) 2) Multi-system benefits of epidural stimulation following spinal cord injury (Guest J. D. Chang S. Santamaria A. J., Opris I. and Noga B. R.) 3) Neurostimulator for hippocampal memory prosthesis (Sahar Elyahoodayan, Wenxuan Jiang, Huijing Xu and Dong Song 4) Modern approaches to augmenting the brain functions (Ioan Opris, Brian R. Noga Mikhail Lebedev and Manuel F. Casanova) Part II: Brain computer interfaces 5) Brain machine interfaces within a critical perspective (Antonio G. Zippo and Gabriele E. M. Biella) 6) An implantable wireless device for ECoG and cortical stimulation (Pantaleo Romanelli) 7) BCI Performance improvement by special low jitter quasi-steady State VEP paradigm (Ibrahim Kaya, Jorge Bohorquez and Özcan Özdamar) 8) Communication with Brain-Computer Interfaces in Medical Decision-Making (Walter Glannon) Part III: Augmenting cognitive function. 9) Neuroprotection and neurocognitive augmentation by photobiomodulation (F. Gonzalez-Lima) 10) Avoiding partial sleep - the way for augmentation of brain function (Ivan N. Pigarev and Marina L. Pigareva) 11) Augmentation of brain functions by nanotechnology (Ioan Opris, Nicholas Preza, Mikhail A. Lebedev, Brian Noga, Stephano Chang, Manuel F. Casanova, Mircea Lupusoru, Victor M. Pulgar, Sakhrat Khizroev, Jorge Bohorquez and Aurel Popescu) 12) The impact of ageing and age-related comorbidities on stroke outcome in animal models and humans (Aurel Popa-Wagner, Mircea Popescu-Driga and Daniela Glavan) 13) Diagnostic markers of sub-clinical depression based on functional connectivity (Yunkai Zhu, Jorge Bohorquez and Ioan Opris) 14) Transcranial magnetic stimulation in autism spectrum disorders: modulating brainwave abnormalities and behaviors (Manuel F. Casanova, Ioan Opris, Estate M. Sokhadze, Emily L. Casanova and Xiaoli Li) 15. Neurofeedback training with concurrent psychophysiological monitoring in children with autism spectrum disorder with comorbid attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder Sokhadze E. M., Kelly D. P., and Casanova M. F Part IV: Futuristic approaches to augmentation 16) Augmentation through interconnection: brain-nets and telemedicine (Mikhail A. Lebedev, Igor A. Shaderkin, Ilia V. Ryabkov and Georgy S. Lebedev) 17) Cognitive augmentation via a brain/cloud interface (Angelica A., Opris IPrenume Boehm 18) Augmentation of neuro-marketing by neural technology (Qingguo Ma) 19) Augmentation of nutrition by nanotechnology (Cosmin Sonea, Mircea Lupusoru and Ioan Opris) 20) Neural spintronics: noninvasive augmentation of brain functions (Stewart E. Barnes, Ioan Opris, Brian R. Noga, Sunxiang Huang, Fulin Zuo) Part V: Augmenting behavior 21) Does the power to suppress an action make us free? (Giovanni Mirabella) 22) Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease-future directions for enhancing motor function (Corneliu C. Luca, Joacir Graciolli Cordeiro, Iahn Cajigas and Jonathan Jagid) 23) Neuromodulation for gait (S. Chang, Ioan Opris, J. D. Guest and Brian R. Noga 24) Augmentation and rehabilitation with active orthotic devices (Gelu Onose, Maria Veronica Morcov, Corina Sporea, Andrada Mirea and Vlad Ciobanu) Part VI: Augmenting cognition and emotion 25) Effects of rTMS on behavioral and electrocortical measures of error monitoring and correction function in children with autism spectrum disorder (Estate M. Sokhadze, Ioan Opris, Lonnie Sears, Ayman S. El-Baz, Allan Tasman and Manuel F. Casanova) 26) Affective Virtual Reality Gaming for Autism (Yi (Joy) Li, Estate M. Sokhadze, Hao (Irene) Luo, Ayman S. El-Baz and Adel S. Elmaghraby) 27) A machine learning approach to automatic phobia therapy with virtual reality (Oana Bălan, Alin Moldoveanu and Marius Leordeanu) Part VII: Pharmacological augmentation 28) Vision augmentation by pharmacological enhancement of the visual experience (Elvire Vaucher) 29) Cognitive enhancing substances and the developing brain: risks and benefits (Kimberly R. Urban and Wen-Jun Gao) 30) Pharmacological approaches in the augmentation and recovery of brain function (Dafin F. Mureșanu, Codruța Bîrle, Livia Livinț Popa, Olivia Verișezan-Roșu and Ștefan Strilciuc)
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Behavioral Pharmacology of the Cholinergic System
Book SynopsisThe molecular genetics of the cholinergic system including both muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, cholinesterases, acetylcholine synthesis and release have provided significant insights into potential targeting for pharmacological intervention. Cholinergic drugs are being used or evaluated for the treatment of diseases. Thus, this volume aims to broaden our understanding of the current state of cholinergic mechanisms to enable implementation of novel approaches for the development of more effective treatments.Table of ContentsA Review of the Cholinergic System and Therapeutic Approachesto Treat Brain Disorders.- Acetylcholine and Spontaneous Recognition Memory in Rodentsand Primates.- Endogenous Acetylcholine and Its Modulation of Cortical Microcircuitsto Enhance Cognition.- Cholinergic Signaling Dynamics and Cognitive Control of Attention.- Involvement of Nicotinic Receptors in Working Memory Function.- Nicotinic Receptors Underlying Nicotine Dependence: Evidence fromTransgenic Mouse Models.- Cholinergic Receptors and Addiction.- Behavioral and Molecular Basis of Cholinergic Modulation of Pain: Focus on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors.- An Evolving Therapeutic Rationale for Targeting the α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor in Autism Spectrum Disorder.- Activators of α7 nAChR as Potential Therapeutics for Cognitive Impairment.
£142.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Wavelets in Neuroscience
Book SynopsisThis book illustrates how modern mathematical wavelet transform techniques offer fresh insights into the complex behavior of neural systems at different levels: from the microscopic dynamics of individual cells to the macroscopic behavior of large neural networks. It also demonstrates how and where wavelet-based mathematical tools can provide an advantage over classical approaches used in neuroscience. The authors well describe single neuron and populational neural recordings.This 2nd edition discusses novel areas and significant advances resulting from experimental techniques and computational approaches developed since 2015, and includes three new topics:• Detection of fEPSPs in multielectrode LFPs recordings.• Analysis of Visual Sensory Processing in the Brain and BCI for Human Attention Control;• Analysis and Real-time Classification of Motor-related EEG Patterns;The book is a valuable resource for neurophysiologists and physicists familiar with nonlinear dynamical systems and data processing, as well as for graduate students specializing in these and related areas.Table of ContentsMathematical Methods of Signal Processing in Neuroscience.- Brief Tour of Wavelet Theory.- Analysis of Single Neuron Recordings.- Classification of Neuronal Spikes from Extracellular Recordings.- Analysis of Gamma-Waves in Multielectrode LFP Recordings.- Wavelet Approach to the Study of Rhythmic Neuronal Activity.- Wavelet-based Approach to Epilepsy.- Analysis of Visual Sensory Processing in the Brain and Brain-Computer Interfaces for Human Attention Control.- Analysis and Real-Time Classification of Motor-related EEG and MEG Patterns.- Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Engineering Biomaterials for Neural Applications:
Book SynopsisThis book describes past and present advances in engineering materials for neural applications, with special emphasis on their usefulness for traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. The book presents major physio-pathological features of traumatic injuries at the brain and spinal cord as examples of diseases hampering the central nervous tissue. By incorporating knowledge from the perspective of experts with diverse backgrounds, this book gives insight into the understanding of these multifaceted pathologies and the materials science approaches that aim to cure them. The interdisciplinary nature of this book makes it a perfect candidate for the interest of a broad audience, from clinicians working on neural diseases to scientists whose work focuses on the nervous tissue (neuroscientists) and/or materials science. Undergraduate and PhD students can also benefit from the knowledge and discussion included in this book.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Rosetta Stone of the Human Mind: Three
Book SynopsisThe study of the brain-mind complex has been hampered by the dichotomy between objective biological neuroscience and subjective psychological science. This book presents a new theoretical model for how to "translate" between the two, using a third language: nonlinear physics and mathematics. It illustrates how the simultaneous use of these two approaches enriches the understanding of the neural and mental realms.Table of ContentsContents Forewords: Danatella Marazziti................................................................................................ ix Alwyn Scott........................................................................................................... xi Nick Mansfield..................................................................................................... xiii David R. Hawkins............................................................................................... xvii Introduction............................................................................................................. xxi The Puzzle............................................................................................................... xxv Part I: Learning the Languages.................................................................................... 1 1. Humanity’s Search for Mind and the Subject: A Brief Review of the Evolution of Neuropsychobiology.................................................................. 3 2. An “Ideographic,” Suprapersonal Language of Rules and Universal Symbols: Alwyn Scott and Nonlinear Dynamics................................................... 15 3. A “Demotic,” First-Person Language of the Individual and the Social System: Apuleius and the Myth of Psyche................................................... 27 4. The Language of the Objective Observer: Gerald Edelman and Neurodarwinism: Antonio Damasio and the Feeling of Knowing................................................................... 33 Gerald Edelman and Neurodarwinism................................................................................................ 35 Antonio Damasio and the Feeling of Knowing................................................................................. 39 Part II: Seeking the Understanding............................................................................ 45 5. Consciousness......................................................................................................... 47 6. The Unconscious..................................................................................................... 59 7. The Database........................................................................................................... 71 8. Affectivity............................................................................................................... 79 9. The Neural/Mental Gap: Intuition, Self and Ego, a Trilingual Map........................ 91 Part III: Applying the Knowledge............................................................................. 101 10. The Three Languages and Science: A New Scientific Paradigm?........................ 103 11. The Three Languages and Treatment.................................................................... 115 12. The Psychotherapeutic Dialogue: Intersubjectivity............................................... 127 13. The Role of a New Science for Psyche Upon Society and Culture...................... 135 References........................................................................................................... 147 Name Index......................................................................................................... 151 Subject Index 153
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Information Systems and Neuroscience: NeuroIS
Book SynopsisThis book presents the proceedings of the NeuroIS Retreat 2021, June 1-3, virtual conference, reporting on topics at the intersection of information systems (IS) research, neurophysiology and the brain sciences. Readers will discover the latest findings from top scholars in the field of NeuroIS, which offer detailed insights on the neurobiology underlying IS behavior, essential methods and tools and their applications for IS, as well as the application of neuroscience and neurophysiological theories to advance IS theory.Table of ContentsWhere NeuroIS Helps to Understand Human Processing of Text: A Taxonomy for Research Questions Based on Textual Data.- Towards a Psychophysiological Investigation of Perceived Trustworthiness and Risk in Online Pharmacies: Results of a Pre-Study.- Exploring the Influence of Personality Traits on Affective Customer Experiences in Retailing: Combination of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Self-Report Measures.- Motor dysfunction simulation in able-bodied participants for usability evaluation of assistive technology:A research proposal.- Exploring the Potential of NeuroIS in the Wild: Opportunities and Challenges of Home Environments.- Exploring the Recognition of Facial Activities Through Around-the-Ear Electrode Arrays (cEEGrids).
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Governing Continuous Transformation: Re-framing
Book SynopsisThis book transposes the ‘free-energy principle’, as espoused by the neuroscientist Karl Friston, to strategic governance, and forming the new concept of Free-Energy Governance (FEG). This concept lays the foundation for a new logic of governing continuous transformation. In addition to guiding the structure, cognition, and capabilities of success in strategic renewal, FEG provides a systematic and practice-relevant approach to predicting a firm’s potential for entropy.Using this new concept, the author shows that the success of continuous strategic renewal and business innovation, elements crucial for firm survival, are determined by the triplet of a firm’s structure, cognition, and dynamic board capabilities. “How to govern large organizations in times of high uncertainty and permanent change? To answer this pressing question, … Bijan Khezri has been the first to apply [the free energy] principle to management science … This book is an eyeopener for every reflective leader.¨ Professor Oliver Gassmann, Director of the Institute of Management and Technology, University of St. Gallen “I really enjoyed reading this book. It was both exciting and reassuring to see how the same fundamental ideas can be found in fields as disparate as nonequilibrium steady-state physics and theories of governance.” Professor Karl. J. Friston; Director of the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging “Using a term often applied to best-selling novels, ‘it is a page turner’ in which I learned something new in every chapter! Every board member, all executives and scholars interested in strategic leadership and governance must read this book if they wish to remain relevant in the coming transformational decades.” Michael A. Hitt University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University Former President, Academy of Management, and former Editor, Academy of Management Journal "We could not ask for a better author to initiate this new conversation in the board research community and convey its merits to the world of board practice." Martin HilbProfessor Emeritus, University of St. Gallen Founder and Managing Partner, International Board Foundation and President of Swiss Institute of Directors “Set against a wide swath of literature, the book impressively makes the case for a new logic of strategic renewal in which the board of directors plays a central role.” Professor Constance E. Helfat, Tuck School of Business at DartmouthTable of ContentsPart I: Re-framing the Strategy-Governance Conversation.- 1. ‘Thinking Born of Curiosity, Revolt, and Change’.- 2. Sensing, Sensemaking, and Strategic Renewal.- 3. Microfoundations of Strategic Governance.- 4. Free Energy Principle (FEP).- 5. Conclusion.- Part II: Free Energy Governance (FEG).- 6. Structure: Synergizing Governance and Operational Channels.- 7. Cognition: From Superposition to Reality.- 8. Capabilities: Duality Management.- 9. Laying the Foundation for a Self-Organizing (Autopoietic) Governance Logic.- Part III: Conclusion.- 10. Free Energy Governance vs. Traditional Corporate Governance.- 11. Implications for Management Practice.- 12. Future Research Agenda.- 13. Outperformance and Survival as a Matter of Self-Organization.- Part IV: Engaged Scholarship Interviews.- 14. Steve Case.- 15. Jan Ståhlberg.
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Springer International Publishing AG New Discoveries in the Behavioral Neuroscience of
Book SynopsisNew Discoveries in the Behavioral Neuroscience of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder reviews the latest developments in preclinical and clinical research of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. As well as updating key chapters that were included in an earlier edition, this volume includes some new topics that are attracting a great deal of interest and point the way to new and promising directions for future research. The chapters follow five main themes: Current perspectives on the clinical profile of ADHD and its treatment, common co-occurring conditions, neurobiological studies examining brain function and genetics, animal and in vitro studies, and future directions. This combination of topics emphasises the translational relevance and validity of preclinical research so as to enable a better understanding of ADHD and to highlight the promising strategies for developing new treatments.Table of ContentsCLINICAL PROFILE AND TREATMENTS.- ADHD in children and adults: diagnosis and prognosis.- Treatment strategies.- Psychostimulants – treatment efficacy and problems.- Recent developments and future options for pharmacological treatments for ADHD.- GENETICS.- Genetics of ADHD (including CNVs).- Genes , cognitive function and ADHD.- Epigenetics and ADHD.- CO-MORBIDITY.- ADHD and comorbid depression.- ADHD and autism.- Aggression and ADHD.- Obesity and ADHD (+ cytokines?).- Sleep circadian rhythms and ADHD.- Substance misuse .- ASSESSING BRAIN FUNCTION / DYSFUNCTION.- EEG and ADHD (the skeptical view).- Update on imaging – with connectivity.- Visual processing substrates for ADHD.- Cortical microstructure / connectivity.- ANIMAL AND IN VITRO STUDIES.- Critique of animal models.- Update on circuits for impulsive behaviour.- Zebrafish.- Update on DA transporter and ADHD.- Arousal, noradrenaline and ADHD.- FUTURE DIRECTIONS.- Stem cells for disease modelling.- Microbiome and ADHD.- Adult ADHD.
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Springer International Publishing AG Communication Between Honeybees: More than Just a
Book SynopsisJürgen Tautz, renowned German bee researcher explains how bees communicate. Exciting and surprising new insights on communication between bees. During the history of bee research, scientists have peered deep into the inner life of bee colonies and learned much about the behaviour of these insects. Above all, the bee waggle dance has become a famous and extensively discussed phenomenon. Nevertheless, recent insights reveal that while bees are social insects inside the hive they also communicate with one another outside the hive. In this book, Jürgen Tautz, renowned German bee researcher, provides an entertaining, fresh and enlightened account for lay and professional readers, not only about the fascinating dance language but also about additional remarkable phenomena concerning information exchange between bees. From the author of the bestseller “The Buzz about Bees”. “The Language of Bees” assembles, for the first time, a complete overview of how bees understand one another. Although communication biology research on bees has so far concentrated largely on events within the hive, this book directs attention as well, to how bees communicate in the field outside the hive. The reader learns which steps new bee recruits take to reach the feeder a dancing forager has advertised. The book analyses the status of work on the bee dance published over the last 100 years and orders the essential findings as building blocks into a coherent new concept of how bees find their target. In addition, the historical survey of research on the “Bee Language” explains how several contradictory and incomplete hypotheses can still survive. A fresh point of view on one of the most remarkable behavioural performances in the animal kingdom. Observation from a different viewpoint leads to previously unknown insights. Such new perspectives clearly reveal both how large the gaps in our knowledge still are in relation to the language of bees and in which direction research must take to complete the picture of one of the most impressive behavioural accomplishments in animals. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Tautz is an expert on bees, sociobiologist, animal behaviourist and emeritus professor at the Biozentrum, University of Würzburg. He is a bestseller author and recipient of many awards of excellence for his successful communication of science to a wide public. Trade Review“A book dedicated entirely to the story of the waggle dance. The book starts with a careful description of the history of bee research and Tautz makes a special effort to deliver the science ‘as is’ and avoid recycling previous interpretations. … it is long enough to make you wonder what makes this topic worthy of an entire book.” (Etya Amsalem, American Entomologist, Vol. 69 (2), 2023)“Tautz is to be applauded for attempting to write a synthesis of what has been learned over the past 100 years about how honey bees, like human beings, are able to direct groupmates to important places in the environment. Worker honey bees neither lead others, nor make trails, to these places. Instead, both they and we can ‘simply’ tell others where to find good food sources, snug homesites, and other sites of importance.” (Thomas D. Seeley, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 98 (2), June, 2023)“The book sets out to explore, using available knowledge, how recruited foragers are successful in getting to a food source that they have been made aware of. Each chapter of the book is broken down into clear subsections, well-illustrated with appropriate explanatory figures and photographs. The book has a very useful glossary and very detailed references to nearly 300 relevant studies.” (Ian Campbell, BBKA News - The newsletter of The British Beekeepers' Association, March, 2023)“This is quite simply a masterclass of a book. It deals with the whole history of research on communication in honey bees from the earliest observations of Aristotle to the present day and is both authoritative and accessible. … I recommend this book to anyone who keeps bees, watches bees or is just fascinated by insects in general.” (George C. McGavin, BeeCraft, December, 2022)“I believe that this book is an essential read for anybody who is interested in honeybees, but it is also of great interest to a more general readership who may wish to understand more about the amazing world of social insects.” (Mary Montaut, The Beekeepers Quarterly, Vol. 150, December, 2022)“In this book renowned German bee researcher Jürgen Tautz provides an entertaining, fresh and enlightening account for both lay and professional readers, not only about the fascinating dance language but also about additional remarkable phenomena concerning information exchange between bees.” (Farming Scotland Magazine, December, 2022)“The book is richly illustrated. … I really enjoyed reading this book, and thanks to the many references to research over time on the topic, including research done by for example Thomas Seeley, it deepened and broadened my understanding of how bees communicates with each other.” (Paul Lindström, The Apiarist, October, 2022)“The book concludes with an excellent glossary and a magnificently comprehensive list of further references. … a text comes along that stands out from all others, written by a dedicated researcher possessed of the talent required to convey complex science to a wide audience. I take my hat off to Jürgen Tautz who has accomplished just that, and the world of bee research is all the better for it.” (David M. Gascoigne, travelswithbirds.blogspot.com, August 29, 2022)Table of ContentsPreface.- The struggle for insight.- How research on honeybee communication began.- Research on Bees Flourishes with Karl von Frisch.- The dance language remains a controversial idea.- James L. Gould’s experiments explain some but not all difficulties.- Research focuses on the inside of the hive.- Measurement of the dance figures in Space and Time.- Bees and vectors.- Robo-bees and radar techniques.- An interim balance sheet.- Swarm behaviour shows bees communicate not only through the dance.- Rethinking communication between bees.- Conclusion.- Appendix.
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Springer International Publishing AG Basic and Translational Applications of the
Book SynopsisA recently proposed novel scheme of dystonia suggests that it is a disorder of neural network. Impairment in any of the “nodes” of the network may result in deficient network activity, causing dystonia. This book aims to present various experimental evidence supporting the network theory of dystonia. Dystonia is the abnormal twisting and turning of the organ and associated involuntary oscillations. Although dystonia is less common than Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, or stroke, each of these common disorders present with dystonia. Information regarding the brain regions that may be involved in dystonia is surprisingly limited and often conflicting. With chapters written by subject matter experts, this is a unique title that focuses on dystonia as a network disorder. This book would be of interest to basic and clinical researchers with an interest in motor systems and movement disorders.Table of ContentsEditorialDystonia in childhood - how insights from paediatric research enrich the network theory of dystoniaFocal Dystonia and the Stress-NetworkLimbic influences in Musicians dystoniaNetwork perspective on task-specific dystoniaElectromyography as a method for distinguising dystonia-like behavior in miceDeep brain stimulation of the interposed cerebellar nuclei in a mouse model of dystoniaApplications of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for understanding and treating dystoniaBrain connectivity in dystonia: evidence from MagnetoencephalographyDysfunctional networks in functional dystoniaCollicular-pulvinar-amygdala axis and adult-onset idiopathic focal dystonia syndrome Neuromodulation in dystoniaElectrophysiological properties of pallidal cells in cervical dystonia patients undergoing unilateral DBSClinical implications of dystonia as a neural network disorder
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Springer International Publishing AG Challenging Assumptions Around Dementia: User-led
Book SynopsisThis open access book explores the expectations surrounding dementia, what it ‘looks like’ and how people have been treated by others. It aims to raise awareness of the different types of dementia, and how they impact the brain, body, and lived experience, including experience of Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular Dementia, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Frontotemporal Dementia, Semantic Dementia, and Lewy Body Dementia. The co-authors reflect on their experience with informal and formal care, before finishing with a focus on the spectrum of dementia research from clinical trials to user-led research. Throughout the book, co-authors have shared personal stories of how dementia has affected them and people with lived experience of dementia share what they wish people knew about living with the disease. Co-produced by people with lived experience of dementia, academics and health care professionals, this book is an accessible resource about dementia from the perspective of people actively involved in the field and essential reading for healthcare professionals wishing to learn more about the experience of this neuroprogressive condition, as well as policymakers, and members of the public.Table of Contents1. Coproducing a book on dementia research.- 2. Taking part in Alzheimer’s disease research.- 3. Taking part in Vascular dementia research.- 4. Taking part in Fronto-Temporal dementia research.- 5. Taking part in Parkinson’s dementia research.- 6. Taking part in dementia with lewy bodies research.- 7. Taking part in PCA dementia research.- 8. Lessons for future research in dementia.
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Palgrave Macmillan How to Build a Human Brain
Book SynopsisIntroduction: basic building materials.- How to build a hindbrain.- How to build a limbic system.- How to build occipital lobes.- How to build parietal lobes.- How to build temporal lobes.- How to build the chemical senses.- Creating consciousness: building the front lobes.- Principles of plasticity.
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Springer Neuroepigenetics Mechanisms in Health and Disease
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Basic Epigenetic Mechanisms.- Chapter 2. Epigenetics in Learning and Memory.- Chapter 3. Epigenetics in Neurodegenerative Diseases.- Chapter 4. The Promise of Epigenetic Editing for Treating Brain Disorders.- Chapter 5. Epigenetic Control in Schizophrenia.- Chapter 6. Environmental Enrichment and Epigenetic Changes in the Brain: From the Outside to the Deep Inside.- Chapter 7. Remodeling the Epigenome through Meditation: Effects on Brain, Body, and Well-Being.
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Springer Perceptual Dysregulation in Psychiatric Nosology
Book SynopsisDisturbances in Auditory and Visual Perceptual Function in Schizophrenia Patterns, Causes, and Consequences.- How Layer Specific fMRI Can Contribute to Understanding Perceptual Disturbances Across Psychiatric Disorders.- Sensory and Multisensory Processing Changes and Their Contributions to Autism and Schizophrenia.- Visual Perceptual Processing Abnormalities in Body Dysmorphic Disorder.- Computational Approaches for Uncovering Interoceptive Mechanisms in Psychiatric Disorders and Their Biological Basis.- Perceptual Dysfunction in Eating Disorders.- Emerging Theories of Allostatic Interoceptive Overload in Neurodegeneration.- The Neurophysiology of Interoceptive Disruptions in Trauma Exposed Populations.- Dissociative Symptoms and Interoceptive Integration.- Predictive Processing and the Pathophysiology of Functional Neurological Disorder.- The Future of Perceptual Dysregulation in Psychiatric Nosology.
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Thieme Publishing Group Microsurgery of Skull Base Paragangliomas
Book SynopsisRepresenting the pinnacle of skull base surgery, paraganglioma management requires the advanced surgical skills and expertise that are presented by Dr. Mario Sanna and his team in this comprehensive reference. It incorporates extensive surgical and radiological data compiled over 20 years at the preeminent Gruppo Otologica Clinic in Piacenza, Italy, and features the exquisite intraoperative photographs and schematic diagrams that are a hallmark of the highly regarded Sanna texts. All head and neck and skull base surgeons will find their knowledge, technical proficiency, and ability to manage these challenging tumors vastly increased by this informative resource. Special Features: Step-by-step descriptions of the full range of head and neck paraganglioma procedures, including the infratemporal fossa approach type A, the extreme lateral approach, and the transcervical approach, plus guidance on managing complex tympanojugular paragangliomas More than 1,800 clearly labeled, high-quality intraoperative photographs correlated to full-color schematic drawings for an in-depth understanding of techniques Detailed discussion of managing the internal carotid artery during procedures, including the neuroradiological use of stents Pathology-oriented structure that allows the reader to identify a lesion at a particular stage and then follow the critical thinking, assessment, pre-operative management, and intra-operative course taken by the surgeon Comprehensive sections on pathology, physiology, anatomy, epidemiology, and new genetic breakthroughs that lay the groundwork for the surgical chapters Tips, hints, and pitfalls at the end of each chapter that offer valuable insights for managing different clinical scenarios Demonstrating the complex decision-making process in many actual cases and offering practical advice for handling complications, this book puts the reader into the operating room with the surgeon. It is indispensable for all head and neck and skull base surgeons who manage paragangliomas and related pathologies, as well as for otolaryngologists, neurosurgeons, maxillofacial surgeons, radiologists, and interventional radiologists involved in assessing these intricate conditions.
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Thieme Publishing Group NPH - Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus:
Book SynopsisOften misunderstood and misdiagnosed, normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a disease of the elderly that is on the rise as the population ages. Its similarities to Parkinson's disease, dementia and other chronic neurodegenerative conditions make diagnosis challenging, requiring clinicians to be alert to the signs and symptoms that differentiate it. Here is the first comprehensive book on the topic, written by experts who have researched and taught courses on NPH for years. From clinical characteristics and pathophysiology to signs and symptoms, radiographic findings, diagnostic tests and state-of-the-art treatment techniques, it covers everything practitioners need to know about this multi-faceted condition. Special Features: Describes the classic symptom triad of gait disturbance, urinary incontinence and dementia Covers the full sequence of the diagnostic work-up, including imaging studies, non-invasive tests, and invasive procedures such as lumbar infusion and cerebrospinal tap tests Explains the risks and benefits of surgical implantation of a ventricular-peritoneal (VP) shunt to relieve symptoms and restore function, including key criteria for evaluating "shunt responsiveness" Provides the first step-by-step account of operative shunt placement by Dr. Michael Fritsch, who has performed the procedure extensively at leading neurosurgical centers throughout the world Including troubleshooting techniques following shunt surgery, long-term management of patients, prognosis for the condition and future initiatives, this all-inclusive reference makes a major contribution to the field. It is essential for neurosurgeons, neurologists, internists, residents, and other physicians who treat diseases of the elderly in everyday practice.Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Epidemiology of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 3 History 4 Clinical Characteristics and Differential Diagnosis 5 Pathophysiology 6 Noninvasive Diagnostic Work-up 7 Imaging 8 Invasive Diagnostic Work-up 9 Shunt and Valve Technology 10 Shunt and Valve Settings 11 Surgical Technique 12 Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 13 Scales and Score 14 Follow-up Management of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 15 Complications 16 Prognosis 17 Summary and Future Perspectives
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Springer Handbook of Bio-/Neuro-Informatics
Book SynopsisThe Springer Handbook of Bio-/Neuro-Informatics is the first published book in one volume that explains together the basics and the state-of-the-art of two major science disciplines in their interaction and mutual relationship, namely: information sciences, bioinformatics and neuroinformatics. Bioinformatics is the area of science which is concerned with the information processes in biology and the development and applications of methods, tools and systems for storing and processing of biological information thus facilitating new knowledge discovery. Neuroinformatics is the area of science which is concerned with the information processes in biology and the development and applications of methods, tools and systems for storing and processing of biological information thus facilitating new knowledge discovery. The text contains 62 chapters organized in 12 parts, 6 of them covering topics from information science and bioinformatics, and 6 cover topics from information science and neuroinformatics. Each chapter consists of three main sections: introduction to the subject area, presentation of methods and advanced and future developments. The Springer Handbook of Bio-/Neuroinformatics can be used as both a textbook and as a reference for postgraduate study and advanced research in these areas. The target audience includes students, scientists, and practitioners from the areas of information, biological and neurosciences.With Forewords by Shun-ichi Amari of the Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Saitama and Karlheinz Meier of the University of Heidelberg, Kirchhoff-Institute of Physics and Co-Director of the Human Brain Project.Trade ReviewFrom the book reviews:“This handbook is structured in 12 parts, covering a wide variety of notions associated with bio- and neuroinformatics … . The handbook is a valuable and timely resource, which can be used by undergraduates, postgraduates and established researchers. By presenting together a variety of (linked) approaches, it provides a fantastic source for bioinformaticians and neuroinformaticians alike.” (Irina Ioana Mohorianu, zbMATH, Vol. 1304, 2015)“This is the very best of the encyclopedias and comprehensive book’s about both Medical, Molecular, Genetic, and Neural Informatics currently available. … this is a good textbook for graduate students as a Primer on Neurophysiology and Molecular Medicine. Professionals in these areas will find this book very useful in their daily work … . book is very well referenced at the end of each chapter discussion. … I am pleased to recommend this book to new researchers in the field.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, November, 2014)Table of ContentsChap. 1 Understanding Nature - Symbiosis of Information Science, Bioinformatics and NeuroinformaticsPart A Understanding Information Processes in Biological Systems (Ed. Heike Sichtig)Chap. 2 Information Processing at the Cellular Level.- Chap. 3 Integrated Approaches for Understadning the Cell.- Chap. 4 Information Processing at the Genomics Level.- Chap. 5 Understanding Information Processes at the Proteomics Level.- Chap. 6 Pattern Formation and Animal Morphogenesis.- Chap. 7 Understanding Evolving Bacteria ColoniesPart B Molecular Biology, Genome and Proteome Informatics (Ed.: Chris Brown)Chap. 8 Exploring Interactions and Structural Organization of Genomes.- Chap. 9 Detecting microRNA Signatures Using Gene Expression Analysis.- Chap. 10 Bioinformatics Methods to Discover Cis-Regulatory Elements.- Chap. 11 Protein Modeling and Structural PredictionPart C Machine-Learning Methods (Eds: Irwin King, Kaizhu Huang, Heike Sichtig)Chap. 12 Machine Learning Methodology in Bioinformatics.- Chap. 13 Case-Based Reasoning for Biomedical Informatics and Medicine.- Chap. 14 Analysis of Multiple DNA Microarray Datasets.- Chap. 15 Fuzzy Logic and Rule-Based Methods in Bioinformatics.- Chap. 16 Phylogenetic Cladograms: Understanding and Learning from Biomedical Data.- Chap. 17 Understanding Protein Folding Modeling.- Chap. 18 Kernel Methods and Applications in BioinformaticsPart D Modeling Regulatory Networks: The Systems Biology Approach (Eds: Chris Brown, Heike Sichtig, Irwin King, Kaizhu Huang, Francesco Masulli)Chap. 19 Path Finding in Biological Networks.- Chap. 20 Inferring Transcription Networks from Data.- Chap. 21 Analysis of Transcriptional Regulation.- Chap. 22 Inferring Genetic Networks.- Chap. 23 Structural Pattern Discovery.- Chap. 24 Molecular Networks - Representation and Analysis.- Chap. 25 Whole-Exome Sequencing DataPart E Bioinformatics Databases and Ontologies (Ed.: Francesco Masulli)Chap. 26 Bioinformatics Databases.- Chap. 27 Ontologies for BioinformaticsPart F Bioinformatics in Medicine, Health and Ecology (Eds: Francesco Masulli, Danilo Mandic)Chap. 28 Statistical Signal Processing Models And Methods.- Chap. 29 Epigenetics.- Chap. 30 Control of Autoimmune Diseases.- Chap. 311 Nutrigenomics.- Chap. 32 Bioinformatics and Nanotechnologies: Nanomedicine.- Chap. 33 Information Modeling Technologies for Personalized Medicine.- Chap. 34 Health Informatics.- Chap. 35 Ecological Informatics Part G Understanding Information Processes in the Brain and the Nervous System (Ed.: Heike Sichtig)Chap. 36 Information Processing in Synapses.- Chap. 37 Spiking Neural Networks.- Chap. 38 Statistical Methods for fMRI Activation Detection.- Chap. 39 Neural Circuit Models and Neuropathological Oscillations.- Chap. 40 Understanding the Brain via fMRI ClassificationPart H Advanced Signal-Processing Methods for Brain Signal Analysis and Modeling (Ed.: Danilo Mandic)Chap. 41 Nonlinear Adaptive Filtering in Kernel Spaces.- Chap. 42 Analysis of Multiple Spike Trains.- Chap. 43 Adaptive Multiscale Time-Frequency AnalysisPart I Information Modeling of Perception, Sensation and Cognition (Eds: Lubica Benuskova, Heike Sichtig)Chap. 44 Modeling Vision with the Neocognitron.- Chap. 45 Information Processing in the Gustatory System.- Chap. 46 EEG Signal Processing for Brain Computer Interfaces.- Chap. 47 Spiking Neural Networks.- Chap. 48 Neurocomputational Models of Natural LanguagePart J Neuroinformatics Databases and Ontologies (Eds: Shiro Usui, Raphael Ritz)Chap. 49 Ontologies and Machine Learning Systems .- Chap. 50 Integration of Large-Scale NeuroinformaticsPart K Information Modeling for Brain Diseases (Eds: Lubica Benuskova, Francesco Masulli)Chap. 51 Alzheimer’s Disease.- Chap. 52 Integrating Data for Modeling Biological Complexity.- Chap. 53 A Machine Learning Pipeline .- Chap. 54 Modeling Gene-Dependent Dynamics of Cortex and Epilepsy.- Chap. 55 Information Methods for Predicting Stroke.- Chap. 56 Recognition of Rehabilitation ActionsPart L Nature Inspired Integrated Information Technologies(Eds: Lubica Benuskova, Danilo Mandic)Chap. 57 Brain-Like Robotics.- Chap. 58 Developmental Learning for User Activities.- Chap. 59 Quantum and Biocomputing - Common Notions and Targets.- Chap. 60 Brain-, Gene-, and Quantum-Inspired Computational Intelligence.- Chap. 61 The Brain and Creativity.- Chap. 62 The Allen Brain AtlasAcknowledgements.- About the Authors.- Subject Index
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 7.0 Tesla MRI Brain Atlas: In-vivo Atlas with
Book SynopsisThe inaugural publication of the 7.0 Tesla MRI Brain Atlas: In Vivo Atlas with Cryomacrotome Correlation in 2010 provided readers with a spectacular source of ultra-high resolution images revealing a wealth of details of the brainstem and midbrain structures. This second edition contributes additional knowledge gained as a result of technologic advances and recent research. To facilitate identification and comparison of brain structures and anatomy, a detailed coordination matrix is featured in each image. Updated axial, sagittal, and coronal images are also included. This state-of-the-art and user-friendly reference will provide researchers and clinicians with important new perspectives.Table of ContentsForeword.- Preface.- Preface of the 2nd Edition.- Introduction.- 1. Reference of Brain Image Setting.- 2. Orientation of Brain Images.- I. Orientation of the image sections and planes.- II. Standard of the sectional brain image planes and sizes.- III. Adjustment of MRI brain to the reference brain.- IV. Terminology & Labeling.- V. Data collection system for clinicopathologic brain mapping.- VI. Figures (Figs. 1, 2, 3).- 3. Sources of Brain Images.- I. In vivo Images using 7.0T MRI.- II. Cadaver Images by Cryomacrotome.- III. Image reconstruction and volume rendering.- 4. 3D Images by Volume Rendering.- I. Coronal, Sagittal and Axial Cuts- Cadaver (Fig. 4).- II. Coronal, Sagittal and Axial Cuts- MRI (Fig. 5).- III. Sulcus and Gyrus- MRI (Fig. 6).- IV.Brodmann areas-MRI (Fig. 7).- Acknowledgements.- Chapter I. Coronal Images of Cadaver & Human Brain of 7.0T MRI In Vivo.- Chapter II. Sagittal Images of Cadaver & Human Brain of 7.0T MRI In Vivo.- Chapter III. Axial Images of Cadaver & Human Brain of 7.0T MRI In Vivo.- References.- Abbreviations.- Index.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Einführung in die Theorie der kognitiven
Book SynopsisKognitive Kommunikation dient Menschen und Maschinen zum Wissenserwerb. Der Zuwachs an Wissen besteht dabei in der gewonnenen Information der empfangenen Signale. Maschinensprachen und von Menschen gesprochene natürliche Sprachen unterscheiden sich darin, dass die Signale von Maschinensprachen scharf definierte Bedeutungen haben, während die Bedeutungen von Signalen der natürlichen Sprachen in hohem Maß unscharf sind. Werner Rupprecht legt dar, wie unscharfe Bedeutungen in den Hirnen von Menschen entstehen, und dass paradoxerweise wegen dieser Unschärfen Menschen fähig sind, Erkenntnisse zu gewinnen, die Maschinen nicht gelingen. Er erläutert im Detail Zusammenhänge zwischen informationstheoretischer Entropie, thermodynamischer Entropie und Energie, beschreibt die Sinnesorgane von Menschen, die Verarbeitung von Signalen in neuronalen Netzen und Maschinen, die Entwicklung von Medien, insbesondere des Internets, und diskutiert die Rolle eines immateriellen Geistes.Trade Review“… stellt Insgesamt eine interessante Verknüpfung psychologischer bzw. Biologischer Erklärungsansätze mit den Ingenieurwissenschaften dar. … eine interessante und aufschlussreiche Kombination aus verschiedenen Disziplinen darstellt.” (Sandra Fuchs, in: Psychologie FoxBlog, sanfuchs1979.wordpress.com, 20. Juli 2016)“... wendet sich in erster Linie an Fachleute der Nachrichtentechnik und Informationstechnik. Aber auch nicht aus dem Fachgebiet kommende Wissenschaftler und Praktiker kõnnen wichtige Erkenntnisse aus dem Buch gewinnen. ... ist für jeden Fachmann ein großer Gewinn.” (Hans Kah/en, in: Elektronik, Heft 18, 2015)Table of ContentsHintergründe und Konzeption vorliegender Abhandlung.- Bezüge, Wirkungen und Arten von Kommunikation.- Information: Ereignis, Wahrscheinlichkeit, Entropie und Sinngehalt.- Zusammenhänge von Energie, Entropie und Informationshöhe.- Transport von Nachrichten und Information.- Über Wahrnehmung, Artikulation und deren Beziehungen zueinander.- Über die Entstehung von Bedeutungen und Sprache.- Epilog.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Der Geist als komplexes Quantensystem:
Book SynopsisImre Koncsik beschreibt die Theorie des Geistes als naturphilosophische Theorie auf Basis der Physik. Er identifiziert signifikante Parallelen zwischen Geist und Gehirn, die beide durch Elemente der Quantentheorie und der komplexen Systemtheorie beschrieben werden können. Beide Theorien beziehen sich auf eine immaterielle, formale und imaginäre Schicht der Realität. Sie ermöglichen eine innovative Beschreibung der morphologischen Strukturen und dynamischen Aktivitätsmuster des Gehirns in Analogie zu Mustern des Geistes. Eine Theorie des Geistes bildet hinsichtlich ihrer technologischen Applikation den Grundstein einer neuen, im eigentlichen Sinn „intelligenten“ Technologie: der quantenbasierten Systemtechnologie.Table of ContentsWas Sie in diesem Essential finden können.- Der sog. Geist.- Physik: Anorganische Quantenstrukturen.- Mikroskopische Quantenstrukturen: Quantum Life.- Mesoskopische Quantenstrukturen: das System Geist-Gehirn.- Ausblick: quantenbasierte System-Technologie.- Was Sie aus diesem Essential mitnehmen können.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Beiträge zur Geschichte der Synergetik:
Book SynopsisDie Autoren geben als aktiv Beteiligte erstmalig aus ihrem persönlichen Erleben einen Einblick auf die ersten zwei Jahrzehnte der Synergetik-Geschichte. Hermann Haken führt in die Begrifflichkeit der Synergetik ein und verdeutlicht die Schwierigkeiten, eine neues Denken in der Wissenschaft zu etablieren. Peter Plath geht exemplarisch auf die Vorgeschichte der Synergetik ein und zeigt an einem Fallbeispiel aus der Chemie, wie die Idee der Synergetik zum Leitmotiv einer Forschungsgruppe wurde. Werner Ebeling und Yuri Romanovsky beschreiben die intensive Kooperation der Wissenschaftler aus Ost und West bei der Herausbildung neuer Ideen zur Synergetik. Table of ContentsTeil I: Entwicklungslinien der Synergetik.- Teil II: Zurückliegende Entwicklungen: Makroskopische Musterbildung in der Chemie noch vor der Synergetik.- Teil III: Entwicklung der Synergetik und Theorie der Selbstorganisation in Osteuropa und der DDR 1971–1990.- Teil IV: Konferenzen, Tagungen und Seminare zur Synergetik und Theorie der Selbstorganisation in Osteuropa und in der DDR.- Teil V: Entstehung der Chemischen Synergetik in Bremen – ein Fallbeispiel.- Teil VI: Winterseminare auf dem Zeinisjoch – Diskussionen zur Synergetik.- Über die Autoren.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Neurowissenschaften: Ein grundlegendes Lehrbuch
Book SynopsisDer perfekte Einstieg in die Neurowissenschaften – ideal zum Verstehen und LernenSeit vielen Jahren zählt diese didaktisch durchdachte, verständlich geschriebene und hervorragend illustrierte Einführung international zu den führenden Lehrbüchern im Bereich der Neurowissenschaften. Das moderne Grundlagenwerk richtet sich an Studierende der Biologie, der Medizin und der Psychologie gleichermaßen. Die wieder von Andreas Engel herausgegebene deutsche Ausgabe ist an die hiesige Studiensituation angepasst und stellenweise erweitert. Der Bogen spannt sich von der Anatomie des Gehirns bis zur Sinnesphysiologie, von der Entwicklungsbiologie bis zum Verhalten, von den Störungen des Nervensystems bis zur Kognitionswissenschaft, von den molekularen Mechanismen bis zu den neuen bildgebenden Verfahren. Ein eigenständiger „Bildatlas der menschlichen Neuroanatomie“ erlaubt dem Lernenden, seine Kenntnisse der Hirnstrukturen zu überprüfen und zu erweitern. Jedes Kapitel endet mit Verständnisfragen und Übungsaufgaben sowie einer Zusammenstellung wichtiger weiterführender Literatur. In spannenden Exkursen berichten renommierte Wissenschaftler, wie sie zu ihren entscheidenden Entdeckungen kamen. So führt das Buch den Leser von den Grundlagen zu den aktuellen Forschungsthemen des Faches.In der durchgehend aktualisierten 4. Auflage sind unter anderem neue Forschungsergebnisse zu Optogenetik, Konnektomik, tiefer Hirnstimulation, molekularer Medizin und Neuroökonomie eingearbeitet worden. Zahlreiche neue oder aktualisierte Abbildungen veranschaulichen in bewährter Manier die im Text beschriebenen Prozesse, Strukturen und Methoden. Wer Neurowissenschaften in ihrer ganzen Bandbreite verstehen will, ist mit "dem Bear" bestens bedient. Den drei Verfassern des Buches gelingt, womit Lehrbuchautoren im deutschsprachigen Raum sich nach wie vor schwer tun: anschaulich und spannend den Leser vom Einstieg in die Grundlagen bis an die vorderste Front der Forschung mitzunehmen und ohne überflüssigen Ballast wissenschaftliche Erkenntnis mehr erzählend als erklärend zu vermitteln … Ein didaktisches Meisterwerk ist nun topaktuell auch in deutscher Sprache neu aufgelegt verfügbar. Aus dem Vorwort von Prof. Andreas K. Engel, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-EppendorfTrade Review“... einen soliden Überblick über Grundlagen, Anatomie, Funktion und Krankheiten unseres Zentralen und Peripheren Nervensystems. Der Schreibstil ist klar und präzise und Kontrollfragen am Kapitelende erleichtern die Lernkontrolle. ... Selbstverständlich sind diese Kritikpunkte marginal angesichts eines im Grossen und Ganzen durchaus gelungenen Lehrbuches.” (Thomas Floss, in: BIOspektrum, Jg. 25, Heft 1, Februar 2019)Table of ContentsI Grundlagen.- Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft der Neurowissenschaft.- Neuronen und Gliazellen.- Die neuronale Membran im Ruhezustand.- Das Aktionspotenzial.- Die synaptische Übertragung.- Neurotransmittersysteme.- Die Struktur des Nervensystems.- Anhang: Bildatlas der menschlichen Neuroanatomie.- II Sensorische und motorische Systeme.- Die chemischen Sinne.- Das Auge.- Das zentrale visuelle System.- Das auditorische und das vestibuläre System.- Das somatosensorische System.- Spinale Kontrolle der Motorik.- Bewegungskontrolle durch das Gehirn.- III Gehirn und Verhalten.- Neurovegetative und modulatorische Systeme.- Motivation.- Männliches und weibliches Gehirn.- Neuronale Mechanismen der Emotion.- Gehirnrhythmen und Schlaf.- Sprache.- Aufmerksamkeit.- Psychische Erkrankungen.- IV Das adaptive Gehirn.- Die Entstehung neuronaler Schaltkreise.- Gedächtnissysteme.- Molekulare Mechanismen von Lernen und Gedächtnis.- Glossar.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Die Geburt des Bewusstseins: Über die Entwicklung
Book SynopsisDieses Sachbuch gibt verständlich, fesselnd und lebendig Einblick in die Besonderheiten der frühkindlichen Entwicklung und die Folgen von Störungen und Fehlentwicklungen des Gehirns während unterschiedlicher Phasen: vor, während und nach der Geburt. Der schwedische Kinderarzt Hugo Lagercrantz liefert populärwissenschaftliche Erläuterungen zur frühkindlichen Hirnentwicklung und kombiniert sie mit klinischen Aspekten. Er zeigt, wie sich das kindliche Gehirn im Neugeborenen– und Säuglingsalter entwickelt und erklärt daraus die Entstehung bestimmter Erkrankungen. Lagercrantz beschreibt spannende neue Erkenntnisse über Schmerzen und Stress beim Ungeborenen und klärt über das Bewusstsein des Neugeborenen auf. Für alle, die sich professionell oder aus privatem Interesse mit dem kindlichen Hirn beschäftigen wollen.Trade Review Table of Contents
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Springer Feeding the Mind The Connection Between Diet Drugs and Mental Health Volume 2
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Practical Applications and Future Directions.- Chapter 2. Designing Nutritional Interventions for Mental Health.- Chapter 3. Nutrition and Neuroinflammation.- Chapter 4. The Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Cognitive Function and Mental Health.- Chapter 5. The Impact of Plant-Based Diets on Mental Health (Vegetarian diet).- Chapter 6. New Developments in Nutritional Neuroscience in the Age of Digitalization.- Chapter 7. The Role of Diet in Neuroplasticity and Brain Resilience.- Chapter 8. Phytomedicine Interventions in Mental Health: Mechanisms and Implications.- Chapter 9. Nutrition and Dementia: Impact and Interventions.- Chapter 10. Dietary Influences on Headache: Mechanistic approach.- Chapter 11. Management of Headaches through Dietary Regimens.- Chapter 12. The Dual Role of Diet: Reducing Pain and Boosting Mental Health.- Chapter 13. Nanotechnology in Nutrition: Exploring Its Impact on Diet and Mental Health.- Chapter 14. Interactions Between Common Foods and Prescription Medications.- Chapter 15. Dietary Patterns and Mental Health.
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Springer Neuromuscular Disorders
Book SynopsisPart I Approach to a Neuromuscular Case.- 1. Neuromuscular disorders: A clinical approach.- Part II Basic principles.- 2. Electrophysiology.- 3. Histopathology.- 4. Genetics.- 5. Immunotherapy.- ???????6. Rehabilitation.- Part III Motor weakness: Asymmetric: UMN and LMN signs and fasciculation.- ???????7. Motor Neuron Diseases (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis).- Part IV Motor weakness: Asymmetric: LMN only.- 8. Polio / Post-polio syndrome.- 9. Hirayama disease and Other Focal Amyotrophies.- 10. Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA).- 11. Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN).- 12. Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN).- 13. Fascio-scapular muscular dystrophy (FSHD).- Part V Motor weakness: Symmetric: Proximal.- 14. Spinal Muscular atrophy (SMA).- 15. Porphyria.- 16. Congenital Myasthenic syndromes (CMS).- 17. Dystrophinopathies: Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophies.- 18. Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophies (LGMD).- 19. Emery Dreifuss Muscular dystrophy (EDMD).- 20. Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD).- 21. Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD).- 22. Congenital myopathies.- 23. Inflammatory myopathies.- Part VI Motor weakness: Symmetric: Distal.- 24. Distal Hereditary Motor Neuropathy (dHMN).- 25. Distal myopathies.- 26. Myotonic dystrophies.- 27. Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome (BVVL).- Part VII Motor weakness: Fluctuating weakness.- 28. Myasthenia Gravis (MG).- 29. Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) and myasthenia gravis Lambert-Eaton overlap syndrome (MLOS).- 30. Periodic paralysis.- Part VIII Motor weakness: Exercise intolerance.- 31. Metabolic myopathies.- Part IX Motor weakness: Muscle stiffness, cramps, spasms, rigidity, or contracture.- 32. Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability disorder: Neuromyotonia and Satoyoshi syndrome.- 33. Stiff person syndrome.- 34. Non dystrophic myotonias.- Part X Sensory motor weakness: asymmetric.- 35. Individual Mononeuropathies.- 36. Mononeuritis multiplex: Vasculitis (systemic, non-systemic) Neuropathies.- 37. Mononeuritis multiplex: Multifocal acquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy (MADSAM).- 38. Mononeuritis multiplex: Hansen disease (leprosy).- 39. Chronic immune polyradiculopathy -Sensory (CISP), Motor (CIMP), Sensory-motor (CISMP).- 40. Compressive Radiculopathies.- 41. Brachial plexopathy.- 42. Lumbosacral plexopathy.- 43. Hereditary neuropathy with pressure palsy (HNPP).- Part XI Sensory motor weakness: Symmetric.- 44. Hereditary motor sensory neuropathies (HMSN)/ Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT).- 45. Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).- 46. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP).- 47. X-linked form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT X).- 48. Other Hereditary neuropathies 1.- 49. Other Hereditary neuropathies 2.- 50.Neuropathy secondary to systemic diseases.- Part XII Sensory.- 51. Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS).- 52. Distal acquired demyelinating symmetric (DADS) neuropathy.- 53. Paraproteinemic neuropathy.- 54.Sensory ganglionopathies.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Acoustic Communication in Animals: From Insect
Book SynopsisThis book is the first volume of the bioacoustics series published by the Society for Bioacoustics. This volume provides an overview of the advances and recent topics in acoustic communication in various animals. Most animals produce vibrations and sounds by moving their body parts, including vocal organs. These sounds can be research targets of bioacoustics studies. How animals use these sounds, especially in inter-individual relationships, is the focus of this volume, “Acoustic Communication in Animals”. The authors’ expertise varies from molecular biology, neurobiology to psychology, and human brain imaging. Their research subjects range from invertebrates to humans. Despite the variety of topics, chapters are developed under the consideration of ethology and evolution. Readers will recognize the profundity of the topics in each chapter. In addition, the view and understanding of natural sound sequences produced by animals can vary among different cultures. Research from Japan and regions that have been underrepresented in previous literature can offer new ideas and unique perspectives in the study of bioacoustics. Readers can grasp the progress of this research field in a broad range of species in one book. The book presents multi- and interdisciplinary topics and appeals to researchers and students in fields including psychology, physiology, zoology, ethology, and neurosciences.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Using knowledge about human vocal behaviour to understand acoustic communication in animals and the evolution of language and musicChapter 2. Acoustic communication in fruit flies and mosquitoesChapter 3. Multiple functions of ultrasonic courtship song in mothsChapter 4. Recent progress in studies on acoustic communication of cricketsChapter 5. Vocal imitation, a specialized brain function that facilitates cultural transmission in songbirdsChapter 6. Dancing in singing songbirds: Choreography in Java sparrowsChapter 7. Vocal communication in corvids: who emits, what information and benefits?Chapter 8. Affiliation, synchronization, and rhythm production by birdsChapter 9. Cockatiels: a research subject for studying capability for music productionChapter 10. Acoustic properties and biological significance of ultrasonic vocalizations in rodents: emotional expressionsChapter 11. Effects of acoustic interference on the echolocation behavior of batsChapter 12. Diverse sound use and sensitivity in auditory communication by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)Chapter 13. The Interplay among the linguistic environment, language perception, and production in children’s language-specific developmentChapter 14. Sound processing in the auditory periphery: toward speech communication and music comprehension
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Springer Verlag, Singapore AI to Improve e-Governance and Eminence of Life:
Book SynopsisThe volume presents research works on developing Artificial Intelligence based algorithms and methodologies for making social good that too to a notable one. The book discusses latest findings on efficient technological solutions of e-governance and other areas of life from the leading researchers in the field. The prime focus is on solving socio-economic technical problems using state-of-the-art research findings like fuzzy computing, evolutionary and hybrid frameworks, neuro computing, etc., along with other AI based computation platforms. The topics covered include solution frameworks using Artificial Intelligence based models in application areas like agriculture and rural development, road accident, travel and tourism, solid waste management, rural medical care, crowd sourced election monitoring system, ragging, rape and other abuses, cyber criminals and cyber bullying, disaster management, social good, etc. The book offers a valuable resource for all undergraduate, postgraduate students and researchers interested in exploring solution frameworks for social good problems using artificial intelligence.Table of ContentsArtificial Intelligence for Rural Healthcare Management: Prognosis, Diagnosis and Treatment.- A Study using Support Vector Machine as a Tool for Patient’s Satisfaction for SARS-CoV-2 Cases Using Telemedicine.- Applications of AI and IoT technology in Protected Cultivation for Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: A Concise Review.- IoT Based Smart Farming Using AI.- Random Forest Algorithm for Plant Disease Prediction.
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Springer Handbook of Neurodegenerative Disorders
Book SynopsisEpigenetics crosslink with Nutrition and brain function.- The contribution of the gut-brain-microbiota axis to brain health throughout the lifespan.- Three Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Single Hope.- Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and the brain: how lipid accumulation and inflammation potentiate neurological manifestation.- Neuroinflammation & Microglial Activation in Schizophrenia: an overview.- The Gut Microbiota-Immune-Brain Axis and Brain Glioma: A Well-Established Connection and A Potential Strategy for Precision Oncology.- Molecular Changes and Gut-related Biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease for Early Detection.- Invitro systems for modeling neurodegeneration.- Advances in nanotechnology for drug delivery modulation in neurodegenerative diseases.- An understanding of different mechanisms leading to neurodegenerative diseases.- Pathways in AD.- Blood brain barrier in neurodegenerative disorders.- Defective mitophagy and the etiopathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.- The Gut-Microbiota
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Translational Research in Pain and Itch
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive review of the latest advances in translational pain and itch research, and presents the cutting-edge developments in the study of our two principal, yet most mysteries sensations. Despite the slow progress in the discovery of effective therapies for chronic pain and pruritus, scientists around the globe now have a better understanding of why and how these conditions occur. Based on these findings, a series of novel treatment strategies are currently under development, and hopefully in a few years, medical practitioners will become more confident and optimistic when facing patients with these annoying and sometimes severe disorders. The contributing authors are world-renowned research scientists, who have made significant discoveries. The book is of interest to neuroscientists, neurologists and pharmacologists in both clinical and basic medical research field. In this second edition of the book, five existing chapters have been updated. Five new chapters have been added to reflect the lasted developments in the related field of research.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Assessment of Itch and Pain in Animal Models and Human Subjects.- Chapter 2 Allergic Contact Dermatitis: A Model of Inflammatory Itch and Pain in Human and Mouse.- Chapter 3 Modulation of C-nociceptive Activities by Inputs from Myelinated Fibers.- Chapter 4 Pathophysiologic basis of the treatment of spontaneous pain.- Chapter 5 Neuropathic Pain: Sensory Nerve Injury or Motor Nerve Injury?.- Chapter 6 T cell and subsets in neuropathic pain.- Chapter 7 Astrocyte and microglia in chronic postsurgical pain.- Chapter 8 Dorsal spinal modulation of neuraxial opioids induced pruritus.- Chapter 9 Peripheral Nociceptors as Immune Sensors in the Development of Pain and Itch.- Chapter 10 Mas-Related G Protein-Coupled Receptors Offer Potential New Targets for Pain Therapy.- Chapter 11 Pain Modulation and the Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain.- Chapter 12 Integrated, Team-Based Chronic Pain Management: Bridges from Theory and Research to High Quality Patient Care.- Chapter 13 Research progress of long-acting analgesics for the treatment of chronic pain.- Chapter 14 Update in the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain.- Chapter 15 Mechanisms of peripheral sensitization in neuropathic pain.
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Editorial Kairos Divagando: Virtudes de la Deriva Mental
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Almuzara El Cerebro Zurdo Y Otras Historias de la Ciencia
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Anagrama Un Antropologo En Marte
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El cerebro y la inteligencia emocional / The
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Editorial Kairos El Cerebro En Forma: A Cualquier Edad
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Ediciones Granica, S.A. Neurociencias para tu vida
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Elsevier Science Biomechanics and Motor Control
Table of ContentsPreface Part One: Biomechanical Concepts Chapter 1. Joint Torque Chapter 2. Stiffness and Stiffness-Like Measures Chapter 3. Velocity-Dependent Resistance Chapter 4. Mechanical Work and Energy Part Two: Neurophysiological Concepts Chapter 5. Muscle tone Chapter 6. Reflexes Chapter 7. Preprogrammed Reactions Chapter 8. Efferent Copy Chapter 9. Central Pattern Generator Part Three: Motor Control Concepts Chapter 10. Redundancy and Abundance Chapter 11. Motor Synergy Chapter 12. Equilibrium-Point Hypothesis Chapter 13. Motor Program Part Four: Examples of Motor Behaviors Chapter 14. Posture Chapter 15. Grasping Glossary
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Elsevier Science Cuban Blindness
Table of ContentsPrologue1. Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, December 12, 19912. An Economy in Crisis Havana, November 22, 19913. Ariza Prison Cienfuegos, Cuba, August 5, 19924. The Strange Epidemic Geneva, May 4, 19935. Pan American Health Organization (Paho) Washington DC, May 10, 19936. Federal Building: Bethesda, Maryland, May 11, 19937. Neuroepidemiology, NIH: Bethesda, Maryland, May 14, 19938. Cuba: A Dream Island, May 14, 19939. A Farcical Journey Miami International Airport, May 15, 199310. In the Eye of the Storm Cuba, May 16, 199311. Epidemiologists: Medical Detectives Havana, May 17, 199312. Eye Hospital of Havana, Cuba: 7:00 AM, Monday, May 17, 199313. An Unknown Virus Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute Havana, Cuba: Tuesday, May 18, 199314. The Virologists’ Arrival: Havana - Cuba 10:00 AM, Wednesday, May 19, 199315. Mariel Thursday, May 20, 199316. Hunger Everywhere Pinar Del Río, May 20, 199317. Cassava and Cyanide Thursday, May 20, 199318. The Myelitis of Santiago De Cuba Friday, May 21, 199319. Tobacco Blindness Isla De La Juventud: May 23, 199320. Of Poisons and Warfare Toxins Havana, May 26, 199321. Three-Thousand-Five-Hundred Patients Every Week Havana, May 27, 199322. The Answer: Changi P.O.W. Camp Singapore, February 15, 194223. Blockade Amblyopia Cuba, 1897-1898 & 1991-199324. The End of the EpidemicAftermath
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Oxford University Press The Altruistic Brain
Book SynopsisSince the beginning of recorded history, law and religion have provided rules that define good behavior. When we obey such rules, we assign to some external authority the capacity to determine how we should act. Even anarchists recognize the existence of a choice as to whether or not to obey, since no one has seriously doubted that the source of social order resides in our vast ethical systems. Debate has focused only on whose system is best, never for an instant imagining that law, religion, or some philosophical permutation of either was not the basis of prosocial action. The only divergence from this uniform understanding of human society has come from the behavioral sciences, which cite various biological bases for human goodness. Putting aside both ancient and relatively modern ethical systems, neuroscientists, psychologists, and evolutionary biologists have started a revolution more profound than any anarchist ever dreamed of. In essence, these researchers argue that the source oTrade ReviewA worthwhile read for those wishing to familiarize themselves with potential mechanisms underlying altruistic behaviour. * Ingrid Butterfield, Australasian Psychiatry, 23(6), 2015 *A splendid read and a real tour de force of brain science, this book proves that altruistic behaviour has the power to shape our brains and, consequently, our destiny * B.L. Chakoo; The Tribune, India *Ground-breaking * Network Review, David Lorimer *Pfaff convincingly shows the science of altruism... * Publisher's Weekly *Written in a highly readable style, The Altruistic Brain summarizes the current state of knowledge in the field and offers an excellent starting point for readers who are interested in learning more about the biology and neuroscience of human prosociality. * Science *By recognising these benevolent brain patterns, we can correspondingly strengthen them, thus giving more hope for a positive future a visionary conclusion from a scientific book. * Network Review: Journal of the Scientific and Medical Network *Table of ContentsPART 1 - EVIDENCE FOR ALTRUISTIC BRAIN THEORY ; Chapter 1 - The Biological/Evolutionary Role of Altruism ; Chapter 2 - Altruistic Brain Theory Introduced ; Chapter 3 - Primary Neuroscience Research Underlying Each Step of Altruistic Brain Theory ; Chapter 4 - Neural and Hormonal Mechanisms that Promote Prosocial Behaviors Once the Moral Decision is Made ; Chapter 5 - New Neuroscience Research: the Theory's Link to An Ethical Universal ; PART 2 - IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF THE MORAL BRAIN - REMOVING OBSTACLES TO GOOD BEHAVIOR ; Chapter 6 - How Altruistic Brain Theory Changes Our Perceptions of Ourselves and of Altruism ; Chapter 7 - Why the Altruistic Brain Matters: Its Significance to Addressing Individuals' Bad Behavior ; Chapter 8 - Multiplier Effect: from Bad to Worse in a Social Setting ; Chapter 9 - No Easy Answers ... But No Pessimism Either
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Oxford University Press Brain Renaissance
Book SynopsisBrain Renaissance, from Vesalius to modern neuroscience is published on the 500th anniversary of the birth and the 450th anniversary of the death of Vesalius. The authors translated those Latin chapters of the Fabrica dedicated to the brain, a milestone in the history of neuroscience. Many chapters are accompanied by a commentary tracking the discoveries that paved the way to our modern understanding of the brain - from the pineal gland that regulates sleep, the fornix and mammillary bodies for memory, the colliculi for auditory and visual perception, and the cerebellum for motor control, to the corpus callosum for interhemispheric cross-talk, the neural correlates of senses, and the methods for dissections. The chapters constitute a primer for those interested in the brain and history of neuroscience. The translation, written with modern anatomical terminology in mind, provides direct access to Vesalius'' original work on the brain. Those interested in reading the words of the RenaissTrade ReviewCatani and Sandrone have produced a remarkable compilation of the history of neuroscience from Vesalius to the present day. The book highlights the complexity and wonder of the human body, specifically the brain and its functions. At the same time, the book honors the first physicians to observe and explore the human body like Vesalius. Catani and Sandrone's work is relevant both to students of medicine, and to those interested in Renaissance studies, medicine, and history. * Angela P. Pacheco, Purdue University. The British Society for Literature and Science *[This book is] a convincing attempt to use the fundamental discoveries of Andreas Vesalius as a key to start and develop multiple explorations of the brain. . . To have used an anatomist of five centuries ago as a guide through centuries of research on the brain is an original and somehow strange challenge. The fascination of Brain Renaissance, tells us that the goal was fully achieved. * Paolo Mazzarello, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, and Historical Museum, Strada Nuova, Italy, in Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences XXX (2015) *This book is a compact and historically important contribution of interest to historians of science, especially biology. . . I feel it is even more valuable for those teaching neuroscience. . . [It helps] put our modern conceits as part of a long journey to understand mind and behaviour. * Gordon M. Burghardt, Professor in the departments of Psychology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at The University of Tennessee, in PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 61, No. 2, January 2016 *In Brain Renaissance, neuroscientists Marco Catani and Stefano Sandrone present a translation from the Latin of the Fabricas last volume, which focuses on the brain..... Brain Renaissance is not the only English translation, but it is the only one available at a price that individuals might afford. Accompanying texts by Catani and Sandrone place the work in its historical and scientific context. * Alison Abbott, Nature *Table of Contents- Preface ; -Introduction 1: The Anatomy of an anatomist ; - Introduction 2: A brief history of neuroscience from Vesalius to the connectome ; - Chapter 1: The brain is fabricated for the sake of the supreme spirit, the senses, and also the movement that depends upon our will ; - Chapter 2: On the dura membrane that surrounds the brain, and the small membrane covering the skull under the skin ; - Chapter 3: On the tenuis cerebral membranes ; - Chapter 4: On the number, position, shape, convolutions and substance of the brain and cerebellum ; Commentary: Scratching the surface of complexity ; - Chapter 5: On the corpus callosum of the brain and the septum of the right and left ventricles ; Commentary: A tale of anarchic hands and split brains ; - Chapter 6: On the cerebral ventricle ; Commentary: The liquor of our souls ; - Chapter 7: On the brain structure that expert dissectors have compared to a tortoise-like vault ; Commentary: A memory thread in the brain ; - Chapter 8: On the cerebral gland resembling a pine nut ; Commentary: From the seat of the soul to the SAD lamps ; - Chapter 9: On the testes [i.e. superior colliculi] and buttocks [i.e. inferior colliculi] of the brain ; Commentary: Sex on the hills ; - Chapter 10: On the processes of that [part of the] cerebellum that resembles a worm [i.e. vermis], and the tendons that contain them ; Commentary: More than a little brain ; - Chapter 11: On the infundibulum, the glandule that receives the cerebral phlegm and the other ducts that cleanse it ; Commentary: The axis of survival ; - Chapter 12: On the networks of the brain believed to be similar to the reticular plexus and the placenta ; Commentary: The net of wonder ; - Chapter 13: On the organ of smell ; - Chapter 14: On the eye, the instrument of vision ; - Chapter 15: On the organ of hearing ; - Chapter 16: On the organ of taste ; - Chapter 17: On the organ of touch ; - Chapter 18: How to dissect the brain and all the organs referred to in this brain ; -Appendix: Select Figures from Andreas Vesalius ; - Index
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Taylor & Francis Priming Translation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Little Brains Matter
Book SynopsisThis accessible guide introduces neuroscience, demystifying terminology and language and increasing the knowledge, skills and, importantly, confidence of anyone interested in brain development in early childhood.Practical and reflective chapters highlight the multi-faceted role of adults as brain builders' and encourage the reader to consider how the environment, play and interactions are crucially interlinked. The book considers cutting-edge science and introduces this in an accessible way to look at a range of ways that adults can support children, exploring: how poverty, adversity, and social, emotional and mental health all influence the developing child the science behind play, and why it is so important for young children how we can take ideas from different disciplines such as psychology and anthropology and interweave these with the overarching research of neuroscience why adult interaction (both practitioner and parent/carer) with Trade Review"Debbie Garvey has produced an engaging and thought-provoking book that examines and demystifies a wealth of knowledge from research, helping early years practitioners to think carefully and critically about their work with young children. The book is remarkable, both for the clarity with which it explains complex theories and concepts, and the deftness with which the relevance of those theories and concepts to everyday practice is explored. Insights from neuroscience and early brain development are placed in a broader context, making links to ideas from early years pioneers, and to other academic fields such as anthropology. The case studies that pop up throughout the book […] serve to place these ideas directly into a range of practice contexts, drawing on and celebrating the work of practitioners […]. The book is presented as a journey through these ideas, and the reader is encouraged to journey actively alongside the author, stopping regularly to review the road travelled and to reflect meaningfully on lessons learned and insights gained." – Dr. Yinka Olusoga, Lecturer in Education at the University of Sheffield "What a treasure trove of learning! Not only does this book provide clean and clear reading material on the complexity of neuroscience, behaviour, psychology, and the role of the adult; each chapter is filled with practical examples, and moments of pause and reflection throughout. […] I was drawn in from the opening preface with the style of writing that simply and powerfully speaks to you. Generatively Debbie provides a wealth of signposting too, to other rich and informative resources that together with Little Brains Matter will aid any student, practitioner, lecturer, or person(s) exploring the importance of little brains and why they matter." – Dr. Julie A. Ovington AiMH, Senior Lecturer and Program Leader in Childhood and Society Studies, University of Sunderland "This book is essential for anyone working in early years. Debbie’s passion for the early childhood sector shines, and her research informed experience comes across clearly on every page. Neuroscience is a complex field to get to grips with, but Debbie makes each key area accessible, explaining the incredible nature of the human brain and outlining what is needed for healthy neurological development. The case studies are truly thought provoking and offer practical takeaways […]. Above all, Debbie succeeds in her aim to empower educators, and throughout the book runs the golden thread of valuing children, tuning into them, and learning from them. A fantastic read." – Sarah Watkins, Author, Presenter and University Lecturer "In Little Brains Matter Debbie’s generosity of spirit knows no bounds and her desire to share both her knowledge and her passion is palpable, not just through the accessibility of the jargon-free conversational style […] but in the immanently do-able ways in which sources are embedded into the very heart and soul of the text and not just listed dryly at chapter ends. ‘If you want to explore this more…’, Debbie incites, ‘go to …. I would urge you to explore it further’ […] This is as much a book about how to explore and read around a subject matter as it about the imparting of understanding. Although the latter it does a plenty." – Joanna Ainsworth, Early Years Montessori Researcher and Practitioner "As a foster carer we deal with all of these behaviours on a daily basis, but we often don’t have any knowledge of the science behind it. It was amazing to read some of what I already know to be but didn’t have a name for. Anyone working in child development would greatly benefit from reading this book, which raises as many questions as it answers on a never-ending but fascinating topic." – C. E. A. Forster, Foster Carer and Author of You’re Being Ridiculous Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction to Neuroscience Chapter 2: Neuroscience in Practice: Environments Chapter 3: Neuroscience in Practice: Behaviours Chapter 4: Neuroscience in Practice: Play Matters! Chapter 5: Neuroscience in Practice: The Role of the Adult Chapter 6: Neuroscience in Practice: Supporting Social, Emotional and Mental Health Chapter 7: Neuroscience in Practice: Research and Reflection Index
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