Thomas Verstynen, Bradley Voytek

Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?

A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie Brain

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Produktbeschreibung

In Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?, neuroscientists and zombie enthusiasts Timothy Verstynen and Bradley Voytek apply their neuro-know-how to dissect the puzzle of what has happened to the zombie brain to make the undead act differently than their human prey. Combining tongue-in-cheek analysis with modern neuroscientific principles, Verstynen and Voytek show how zombism can be understood in terms of current knowledge regarding how the brain works. In each chapter, the authors draw on zombie popular culture and identify a characteristic zombie behavior that can be explained using neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and brain-behavior relationships. Through this exploration they shed light on fundamental neuroscientific questions such as: How does the brain function during sleeping and waking? What neural systems control movement? What is the nature of sensory perception?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9780691173153
• ISBN-10: 069117315X
• Artikelnr.: 44679839

Autorenporträt

Timothy Verstynen is assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and at the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University. Bradley Voytek is assistant professor of computational cognitive science and neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego. They are both members of the Zombie Research Society.

Rezensionen

"Verstynen and Voytek's entertaining book uses zombies to help illustrate human neuroscience. . . . Zombie fans will want this book, and anyone concerned with neuroscience will find the topic made accessible by this lighthearted exploration."--Library Journal