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Subject(s)

• Attention [Browse]
• Brain [Browse]
• Listening [Browse]
• Movement, Psychology of. [Browse]
• Reasoning [Browse]
• Thought and thinking [Browse]
• Visual perception [Browse]

Related name

• Webb, Matt, 1978- [Browse]

Series

• Hacks series. [More in this series]
• Hacks

Summary note

The brain is a fearsomely complex information-processing environment--one that often eludes our ability to understand it. At any given time, the brain is collecting, filtering, and analyzing information and, in response, performing countless intricate processes, some of which are automatic, some voluntary, some conscious, and some unconscious. Cognitive neuroscience is one of the ways we have to understand the workings of our minds. It's the study of the brain biology behind our mental functions: a collection of methods--like brain scanning and computational modeling--combined

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• Inside the brain
• Seeing
• Attention
• Hearing and language
• Integrating
• Moving
• Reasoning
• Togetherness
• Remembering
• Other people.

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Other format(s)

Available also in a print edition.

Cover subtitle

• Tips & tools for using your brain

ISBN

• 1-4493-9096-X
• 1-4493-9156-7

OCLC

780424489

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