Two leading neuroscientists introduce the concepts of "cerebral plasticity" and the "regenerating brain," describing what we know now about the processes through which the brain constantly reconstructs itself and the potential benefits this knowledge could have in addressing concerns for neurological, cognitive, and emotional health. The authors begin with a survey of the fundamental scientific developments that led to our current understanding of the regenerative mind, elucidating the breakthrough neurobiological studies that paved the way for our present understanding of the brain's plasticity and regenerative capabilities. They then discuss the application of these findings to such issues as depression, dyslexia, schizophrenia, and cognitive therapy, incorporating the latest technologies in neuroimaging, optogenetics, and nanotechnology. Their work shows the brain is anything but a static organ, ceasing to grow as human beings become adults. Rather, the brain is dynamic, evolving organically in relation to physical, cultural, historical, and affective stimuli, a plasticity that provides early hope to survivors of trauma and degenerative disorders.

The Custom-Made Brain: Cerebral Plasticity, Regeneration, and Enhancement

Science & Math

Vincent, Jean-Didier

Lledo, Pierre-Marie

Biological Sciences

Columbia University Press

What is love? Can we explain Romeo's love for Juliet? What are desire, pleasure, sadness and the taste for power and domination? In short, how do we make sense of our passions? Going beyond the traditional dichotomy of body and soul, of the reasonable brain and the passionate body, Jean-Didier Vincent proposes a new theory of emotions which aims to harmonize our understanding of humankind. Not that he reduces love to an equation. On the contrary, he aims to show what love and beauty mean in a book whose humour is paralleled by its serious intellectual endeavour.

The Biology of Emotions

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Blackwell Pub.

Biologie des passions (French Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

SEUIL

Le Sexe expliqué à ma fille

History & Philosophy

Casanova - The Diseases of Pleasure / Casanova, la contagion du plaisir (French Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Odile Jacob

Voyage extraordinaire au centre du cerveau

JACOB

Qu'est-ce que l'humain ?: Nouvelle Édition

Literature & Fiction

SERRES, MICHEL

Picq, Pascal

British & Irish

POMMIER

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