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"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Biomedicine, Association of American Publishers"
"[A] vivid tale." * New Scientist *
"Humphries has woven together strands of experimental results and theoretical insights to compose a book that is engrossing, excites the imagination, beautifully encapsulates contemporary neuroscience in a light and breezy package, and points the way to future discovery."---Sean Noah, Knowing Neurons
"A thorough and interesting description of what we know and don't know about neural spikes, as well as why they matter."---R. Forbes-Lorman, Choice

The Spike

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 24/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9780691241487, 978-0691241487
      ISBN10: 0691241481
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      Cognition and cognitive psychology Popular science Science: general issues

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Finalist for the PROSE Award in Biomedicine, Association of American Publishers"
      "[A] vivid tale." * New Scientist *
      "Humphries has woven together strands of experimental results and theoretical insights to compose a book that is engrossing, excites the imagination, beautifully encapsulates contemporary neuroscience in a light and breezy package, and points the way to future discovery."---Sean Noah, Knowing Neurons
      "A thorough and interesting description of what we know and don't know about neural spikes, as well as why they matter."---R. Forbes-Lorman, Choice

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