Brain Arousal and Information Theory - Neural and Genetic Mechanisms

Klappentext and Information Theory challenges current thinking about cognition and behavior. Whether you subscribe to Pfaff's theory or not! this book will stimulate debate about the nature of arousal itself. Zusammenfassung Pfaff presents a daring perspective on the long-standing puzzle of what arousal is. He argues that! beneath our mental functions and emotional dispositions! a primitive neuronal system governs arousal. Employing the simple but powerful framework of information theory! Pfaff revolutionizes our understanding of arousal systems in the brain.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Pfaff, Donald W. Pfaff, Pfaff Donald
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2005
• EAN: 9780674019201
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01920-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 242 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, MEDICAL / Endocrinology & Metabolism, MEDICAL / Neuroscience, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Other branches of medicine