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Author Seung, Sebastian.

Title Connectome : how the brain's wiring makes us who we are / Sebastian Seung.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  612.82 SEUNG    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  612.82 SEU    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  612.82 SEUNG    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  612.82 SEUNG    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Pt. 1. Does size matter? Genius and madness ; Border disputes -- pt. 2. Connectionism. No neuron is an island ; Neurons all the way down ; The assembly of memories -- pt. 3. Nature and nurture. The forestry of genes ; Renewing our potential -- pt. 4. Connectomics. Seeing is believing ; Following the trail ; Carving ; Codebreaking ; Comparing ; Changing -- pt. 5. Beyond humanity. To freeze or to pickle? ; Save as ...
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-334) and index.
Summary The audacious effort to map the brain--and along with it our mental afflictions, from autism to schizophrenia--by a rising star in neuroscience.
Subject Brain -- Anatomy.
Brain -- Physiology.
Cognition -- Physiology.
Neurosciences.
Brain mapping.
Brain -- anatomy & histology.
Brain -- pathology.
Brain -- physiology.
Cognition -- physiology.
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena.
Note How the brain's wiring makes us who we are
ISBN 9780547508184 hardback
0547508182 hardback
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