Brainscapes : the warped, wondrous maps written in your brain--and how they guide you Cover Image

Brainscapes : the warped, wondrous maps written in your brain--and how they guide you / Rebecca Schwarzlose.

Summary:

"A path-breaking journey into the brain, showing how perception, thought, and action are products of "maps" etched into your gray matter-and how technology can use them to read your mind."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781328949967
ISBN: 1328949966
ISBN: 9780358699323
Physical Description: viii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-285) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- 1. An atlas of you: what is a brain map? -- 2. The tyranny of numbers: why brain maps exist -- 3. How brain maps determine what we see and feel -- 4. Out of the ether: brain maps for hearing -- 5. Brain maps and codes for taste and smell -- 6. On the move: brain maps for action -- 7. Maps in the making: how brain maps develop and adapt -- 8. Knowing again: brain maps for recognition -- 9. Imagining, remembering, and paying attention with brain maps -- 10. Comprehending and communicating with brain maps -- 11. Maps as portals: mind reading and mind writing with brain maps -- 12. How brain maps weigh us down and how we rise above them.