Neurosciences

This book addresses selected central questions in phenomenological psychology, a discipline that investigates the experience of self that emerges over the course of an individual's life, while also outlining a new method, the formal indication, as a means of accessing personal experience while remaining faithful to its uniqueness.

Sound is almost always around us, anywhere, at any time, reaching our ears and stimulating our brains for better or worse.

An overview of the biochemical mechanisms that produce acute nerve cell death in the brain.

This Brief introduces two empirically grounded models of situated mental phenomena: contextual social cognition (the collection of psychological processes underlying context-dependent social behavior) and action-language coupling (the integration of ongoing actions with movement-related verbal information).

This unique book provides an overview of continuous time modeling in the behavioral and related sciences.

The book is organized around 4 sections.

This book offers a compilation of papers on the role of melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) in sleep, sleep disorders and neuroendocrine functions.

This is a book about the intersections of three dimensions.

Neuropsychiatric manifestation in systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is one of the most recalcitrant complications of the disease.

Many industrial applications built today are increasingly using emerging behavior engineering technologies: this book looks at various research and practical issues  for researchers and students working in computer science and engineering, and for industry technology providers interested in behavior engineering and applications.

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This book assembles recent research on memory and learning in plants.

This book provides an in-depth review of the insula, with emphasis on anatomical, diagnostics, clinical, and surgical features.

This book presents a comprehensive neuropsychodynamic strategy for treating psychiatric disorders.

Change is an inherent feature of all aspects of clinical practice and patient management.

This book presents the current trends and state of the art solutions addressing various issues related to pulmonary disorders.

Clinical investigation plays an essential role in the differential diagnosis, biomarker development, and therapy and cure of diseases.

The third edition of this important, gold-standard title outlines a range of significant advances in the study and understanding of myasthenia gravis.

This book guides readers along a path that proceeds from neurobiology to nonlinear-dynamical circuits, to nonlinear neuro-controllers and to bio-inspired robots.

This book examines the role of Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) and follow-up clinics in addressing the complex developmental, behavioral, social, and medical needs of at-risk infants through early intervention and medical subspecialties.

Brood parasitism has become one of the most flourishing areas of research in evolutionary ecology and one of the best model systems for investigating coevolution.

To place animals within the realm of nature, means inserting them among the articulations of culture and the social.

This book gives an overview of the current knowledge on the most common neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, Lewy body dementia,Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and additional less common neurodegenerative diseases.

This book presents a framework for development, optimization, and evaluation of behavioral, biobehavioral, and biomedical interventions.

This book shows how to develop efficient quantitative methods to characterize neural data and extra information that reveals underlying dynamics and neurophysiological mechanisms.

The auditory system is a complex neural system composed of many types of neurons connected into networks.

This book highlights the importance of human behaviour in the building design process, with a focus on the construction of zero-energy buildings.

This book provides a cutting-edge review of polyglutamine disorders.

This book shows how to build successful luxury brands using the power of sensory science and neuro-physiology.

There is extensive evidence that vertebrates of all classes have the ability to control the sexes of the offspring they produce.

This book provides an essential overview of computational neuroscience.

5-HT2A receptors are G-protein coupled receptors that are widely distributed throughout the brain, most notably on neuronal and glial cells.

Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) are common elements of the soil biota, living in the litter and deeper soil layers.

This book discusses the hypothesis that the primate pulvinar contains an original scaffold which is derived from cytoarchitectural markers and specific protein distributions.

The book endeavors to provide a stimulating and thought provoking scientific content to share and exchange new clinical studies and advancements in dealing with pulmonary diseases.

This Brief offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the current developments in the field of prospective memory, or memory for delayed intentions.

This book seeks to build bridges between neuroscience and social science empirical researchers and theorists working around the world, integrating perspectives from both fields, separating real from spurious divides between them and delineating new challenges for future investigation.

This volume of the series SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences describes findings from space and accompanying ground research related to spatial orientation, posture and locomotion, cognition and psychomotor function.

This book presents the proceedings of the Gmunden Retreat on NeuroIS 2017, reporting on topics at the intersection of Information Systems (IS) research, neurophysiology and the brain sciences.

This book discusses recent advances in the field of translational stroke research.

Within the last few decades, arachnology in the Neotropical region has experienced a great development filling the knowledge gap in one of the most diverse regions of the world.

Archaea represent a third domain of life with unique properties not found in the other domains.

This book is a blend of medical research and clinical practice.

This book synthesizes and analyzes research on early vocal contact (EVC) for preterm infants, an early healthcare strategy aimed at reducing the long-term impact of neonatal hospitalization, minimizing negative impacts of premature birth, and promoting positive brain development.

This book presents compact and informative descriptions of the most promising new projects in brain-computer interface (BCI) research.

This book describes applications of acridines for the treatment of various neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and various prion diseases, and discusses the potential of acridines in neuro-regenerative medicine.

This volume collects cutting-edge expert reviews in the oxytocin field and will be of interest to a broad scientific audience ranging from social neuroscience to clinical psychiatry.

This compendium provides a wide view covering everything from molecular mechanisms and risk factors for neurological disorders to the effects of bariatric surgery on brain function and functional neuroimaging applied to obesity research.

It has become evident over the last years that abnormalities in RNA processing play a fundamental part in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases.

A comprehensive overview of the many factors that can influence brain plasticity throughout the lifespan.