Insect Neuropeptides (ACS Symposium, #453)
Insect neurochemistry and neurobiology are active and growing areas of neuroscience research. Scientists believe that insect neuropeptides will lead to novel approaches to insect control. This new volume assesses the state of research in insect neuropeptides and identifies promising directions for future work. Its 22 chapters present information on developmental neuropeptides, and biochemistry and molecular biology. Of special interest is a chapter by Max Summers on the expression of foreign pep...
Are you suffering from sleep deprivation because your baby will just not sleep through the night? Have you tried everything and reached the end of your tether? Then this is the book you have been waiting for. It offers the same simple, sensible solutions to ensure you and your baby will got a good night's sleep by establishing healthy sleeping habits. Learn to set the stage for sleep with: realistic expectations; appropriate sensory experiences during the day; the right sleep zone; the elimina...
One hardly always receives due credit for working out a general theory. It is more enticing to be successful in discovering new phenomena of tangible facts even if they are particular ones. The great technical opportunities which now exist and the new methods of investigation which recently seemed to be fantastic have made that even more enticing. Therefore, the establishment of general regu- larities seems to be an abstract occupation whose significance is not always clear. Nevertheless, a gene...
International Review of Cytology (International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology) (International Review of Cytology)
This serial presents current advances and reviews in cell biology - both animal and plant. Articles address structure and control of gene expression, nucleocytoplasmic interaction, control of cell development and differentiation, cell transformation, and growth. Coverage has been expanded to include molecular biology applied to cell biological systems, cell-cell interactions, cell surface and receptor phenomena, and other areas. Special topical volumes in areas of particualr growth and interest...
The Structure Of The Brain; How To Understand And Cultivate Intellectual Power
by Albert Wilson
Attention, Memory, and Executive Function
The absence of consensual, cross-disciplinary theories, definitions, and methodologies has hampered the study of attention, memory, and executive function. Incorporating different theoretical perspectives, this exceptional volume helps establish some common understanding of these three central processes. This book reveals how the authors' findings from their research in psychology, neuropsychology, special education, and medicine can help clinicians assess and remediate reading and attention dis...
This book emphasizes research that relates the responses of nerve cells in various areas of the brain to a given event or behaviour. By describing how both single cells and cell groups within the brain code, transform, transmit and store information, the authors explore the interface between the mind and the brain. Codes for sensations, perceptions, motives, emotions and memories are all examined in this contemporary review of research literature. Main features include: a detailed description of...
Das Urteil Des Auges
by Jurgen Weber, JA1/4rgen Weber, J Rgen Weber, and H C J Weber
Der Bildhauer Jurgen Weber, dessen Werke an vielen Stellen der Welt stehen - von Washington bis Nurnberg - tragt seine Erfahrungen vor, wie Formen Inhalte vermitteln. Er stellt nicht die ublichen Wahrnehmungs-Fragen, sondern fur ihn geht es darum, wie uns die visuelle Welt Informationen vermittelt, uber ihr blosses Dasein hinaus. Ist es die Erfahrung, die uns ein gefahrliches von einem Vertrauen erweckenden Gesicht unterscheiden lasst? Sehen wir deswegen den Knospen an, dass sie sich demnachst o...
Cardiovascular and Musculoskeletal Systems (Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals, No 9)
This is the ninth volume in a series dealing with induced lesions in laboratory animals. The information on pathology and toxicology documented in the series is an aid to scientific institutions, industry and government agencies charged with the safety testing of food, drugs and chemicals.
The monograph aims to present the recent scientific knowledge on body sensations, i.e., conscious experiences that are localized or felt in the body from an internal perspective, regardless of their sensory origin. It summarizes the basic philosophical, evolutionary, neuroanatomical, psychological, and pathological aspects of the topic. Moreover, related phenomena, such as emotions, the placebo and nocebo effect, complementary and alternative medicine, and mind-body practices are discussed from...
We spend about one-tenth of our waking hours completely blind Only one percent of what we see is in focus at any one time We exist in a world we see that's always about half a second behind the real one In fact you don't need eyes to see - blind volunteers have been taught to see through their chests Wasps can't see, but map their surroundings instead If we are stared at, our heartbeat rises and our galvanic skin response alters How many generations did it take for the first fish to acquire eyes...
J URGEN AscHOFF "Very bad habit! Very bad habit!" Captain Giles to Joseph Conrad who had taken a siesta. -Conrad: The Shadow Line On the Multiplicity of Rest-Activity Cycles: Some Historical and Conceptual Notes According to its title this book tries to answer the profound question of why we nap-and why Captain Giles was wrong in blaming Conrad for having napped. However, in this volume the term nap is not used in the narrower sense of an afternoon siesta; instead, emphasis is placed on the recu...
Color Vision
Autonomic Nervous System Dynamics for Mood and Emotional-State Recognition (Series in BioEngineering)
by Gaetano Valenza and Enzo Pasquale Scilingo
This monograph reports on advances in the measurement and study of autonomic nervous system (ANS) dynamics as a source of reliable and effective markers for mood state recognition and assessment of emotional responses. Its primary impact will be in affective computing and the application of emotion-recognition systems. Applicative studies of biosignals such as: electrocardiograms; electrodermal responses; respiration activity; gaze points; and pupil-size variation are covered in detail, and expe...
Decision Making, Affect, and Learning
by Mauricio R Delgado, Elizabeth A. Phelps, and Trevor W Robbins
Food for thought: Nutrition and the aging brain (Cognitive Science and Psychology)
As part of the Closer to Truth audio series, this new title harnesses the intellectual energy of more than 50 of today's most influential minds to offer an exciting, in-depth exploration of the most important trends in science, philosophy, and human understanding.
Gap Junctions in the Mammalian Brain
Comprised of chapters by leaders in research on connexins, the structural and functional properties of gap junctions, and the roles of electrical synapses in the mammalian brain, this text introduces novel ideas about the functions of gap junctions. Topics covered include molecular biology, structure, diversity, regulation, and distribution of connexins in the brain, as well as the importance of gap junctions for glial regulation of brain metabolism and roles of electrical synapses in specific c...
Studyguide for Biological Psychology by Kalat, ISBN 9780534588168 (Cram101 Textbook Outlines)
by 8th Edition Kalat
Vestibular Cognition
In this volume specific cognitive sub-functions are identified and indications of how basic vestibular input contributes to each are described. The broad range of these functions is consistent with the broad spread of vestibular projections throughout the cortex. Combining vestibular signals about the head’s orientation relative to gravity with information about head position relative to the body provides sufficient information to map body position onto the ground surface and underlie the sense...
Advance Praise for Sharpen Your Brain by Dr. John Arden. "Dr. John Arden's Sharpen Your Brain is an uplifting read for those of us who look forward to aging actively and enjoyably. This book is as scientifically rigorous as it is readable, accessible and peppered with fascinating stories about real people and the things they do or do not do which are contributing to their health and longevity. Building on the latest biomedical and psychosocial research, he beautifully describes the lifestyle fac...
This is an excellent introduction for graduate students and nonspecialists to the field of mathematical and computational neurosciences. The book approaches the subject via pulsed-coupled neural networks, which have at their core the lighthouse and integrate-and-fire models. These allow for highly flexible modeling of realistic synaptic activity, synchronization and spatio-temporal pattern formation. The more advanced pulse-averaged equations are discussed.
Comparative Structure and Evolution of Cerebral Cortex, Part I (Cerebral Cortex, 8A)
The cerebral cortex, especially that part customarily designated "neocortex," is one of the hallmarks of mammalian evolution and reaches its greatest size, relatively speaking, and its widest structural diversity in the human brain. The evolution of this structure, as remarkable for the huge numbers of neurons that it contains as for the range of behaviors that it controls, has been of abiding interest to many generations of neuroscientists. Yet few theories of cortical evo lution have been pro...