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Brain Sense
The Science of the Senses and How We Process the World Around Us
New York : American Management Association, [2009]
Format: Book
Description: xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Provides information on the five senses and how the brain processes sensory information.
Contents:
Life without touch -- In from the cold -- On which side is your bread buttered? -- Pain and the placebo effect -- Nematodes, haptics, and brain-machine interfaces -- It's Valentine's day-- sniff! -- Do odors dance in your nose? -- Life without scent -- The sweaty scent of sex -- Express train to happiness -- The bitter truth -- Coconut crazy -- Cooking up some brain chemistry -- How to knit a baby taste bud -- Expecting what you taste and tasting what you expect -- The big picture -- Color and memory -- Sizing things up -- On the move -- Vision and the video game -- Hearing, left and right -- Listening and language -- My ears are ringing -- Music and the plastic brain -- Cochlear implant : one man's journey -- Synesthesia : when senses overlap -- If thislooks like déjà vu, you ain't seen nuthin' yet -- Feeling a phantom -- Probabilities and the paranormal -- Time.
Subjects:
Senses and sensation.
Senses and sensation -- Physiology -- Popular works.
Perception -- Physiology -- Popular works.
Sensory disorders -- Popular works.
Senses and sensation.
Senses and sensation -- Physiology -- Popular works.
Perception -- Physiology -- Popular works.
Sensory disorders -- Popular works.
ISBN:
0814413242
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Human Brain Bry | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/22/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references and index.