The Scientific American brave new brain / Judith Horstman.
by Horstman, Judith.
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BookPublisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, 2010Description: xiv, 176 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill.ISBN: 9780470376249 (cloth); 0470376244 (cloth).Other title: Brave new brain.Uniform titles: Scientific American.Subject(s): Brain | Brain -- Metabolism | Brain -- Physiology | Neurophysiology
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"How neuroscience, brain-machine interfaces, neuroimaging, psychopharmacology, epigenetics, the internet, and our own minds are stimulating and enhancing the future of mental power"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151) and index.
You changeable brain: neuroscientists, neuroplasticity -- Boosting your brain power -- Manipulating your memory -- Digital you: what the digital explosion is doing to your iBrain -- Looking inside your brain: the magic of neuroimaging -- Rewriting the brain electric -- Your bionic brain: the merging of brain with machines -- The possible dreams: stem cells, gene therapy, and nanotechnology -- Neuroethics: facing the dark side -- The past is prologue: to the future.
Judith Horstman presents a highly informative and entertaining look at the future of your brain, based on articles from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazines, and the work of today's visionary neuroscientists. --from publisher description
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