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Author:

Seung, Sebastian.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xxii, 359 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Brain--Anatomy.
Brain--Physiology.
Cognition--Physiology.
Neurosciences.
Brain mapping.
Brain--anatomy & histology.
Brain--pathology.
Brain--physiology.
Cognition--physiology.
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-334) and index.

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 ...

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.

ISBN:

0547508182 (hbk.)
9780547508184 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)694830141

LCCN:

2011028602

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

VCPD034 -- Robey Memorial Library-Waukon (Waukon)