Spike - An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds

We see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take that? We reach a hand out. In the 2.1 seconds that this impulse travels through our brain, billions of neurons communicate with one another, sending blips of voltage through our sensory and motor regions. Neuroscientists call these blips "spikes.? Spikes enable us to do everything: talk, eat, run, see, plan, and decide. In The Spike, Mark Humphries takes readers on the epic journey of a spike through a single, brief reaction. In vivid language, Humphries tells the story of what happens in our brain, what we know about spikes, and what we still have left to understand about them. Traversing neuroscience's expansive terrain, The Spike follows a single electrical response to illuminate how our extraordinary brains work.

Info autore

Mark Humphries is Chair in Computational Neuroscience at the University of Nottingham. He is the founding editor of The Spike, a Medium online publication. He lives in Sheffield, England. Twitter @markdhumphries

Riassunto

The story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains work

Testo aggiuntivo

"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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mark Humphries
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780691195889
• ISBN: 978-0-691-19588-9
• Pagine: 232
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica; popular science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, Biology, life sciences, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience