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02657aam a2200325 i 4500 001 379F6B3E5D1D11EA9B49BA2197128E48 003 SILO 005 20200303010150 008 190207s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019006025 020 $a 0231177364 020 $a 9780231177368 035 $a (OCoLC)1085625919 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d ERASA $d TOH $d IAD $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a RC341 M727 2020 100 1 $a Moreno, Jonathan D. $e author. 245 14 $a The brain in context : $b a pragmatic guide to neuroscience / $c Jonathan D. Moreno and Jay Schulkin. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a 270 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Electrifying -- Building -- Evolving -- Imaging -- Engineering -- Securing -- Healing -- Socializing. 520 8 $a The human brain is the most complex object in the known universe. The field of neuroscience has made remarkable strides in recent years in understanding aspects of the brain, yet we still struggle with seemingly fundamental questions about how the brain works. What lessons can we learn from neuroscience's successes and failures? What kinds of questions can neuroscience answer, and what will remain out of reach? In The Brain in Context, the bioethicist Jonathan D. Moreno and the neuroscientist Jay Schulkin provide an accessible and thought-provoking account of the evolution of neuroscience and the neuroscience of evolution. They emphasize that the brain is not an isolated organ. It extends into every part of the body and every aspect of human life. Understanding the brain requires studying the environmental, biological, chemical, genetic, and social factors that continue to shape it. Moreno and Schulkin describe today's transformative devices, theories, and methods, including technologies like fMRI and optogenetics as well as massive whole-brain activity maps and the attempt to create a digital simulation of the brain. They show how theorizing about the brain and experimenting with it often go hand in hand, and they raise cautions about unintended consequences of technological interventions. The Brain in Context is a stimulating and even-handed assessment of the scope and limits of what we know about how we think. 650 0 $a Neurosciences $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Neurotechnology (Bioengineering) 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317030431.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200505015647.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=379F6B3E5D1D11EA9B49BA2197128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search