Jean-Didier Vincent, Pierre-Marie Lledo

The Custom-Made Brain (eBook, ePUB)

Cerebral Plasticity, Regeneration, and Enhancement
Übersetzer: Garey, Laurence

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780231534215
• Artikelnr.: 40849330

Autorenporträt

Jean-Didier Vincent and Pierre-Marie Lledo. Translated by Laurence Garey

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Translator's Note
1. Introduction
2. And Then There Was Shape
3. The Masterpiece
4. The Workshop of the Brain
5. The Brain Under Repair
6. The Enhanced Brain
Epilogue
Notes
Index

Rezensionen

"Highly informative, up to date, and entertaining, the book emphasizes that the brain is constantly being constructed during an individuals lifetime, like a medieval cathedral that is never finished and yet ages without reaching maturity. The brain, like the cathedral is forever being repaired and restored. A stimulating read." - Israel Rosenfield, author of The Invention of Memory