Neurosciences

A revealing insider's account of the power-and limitations-of functional MRIThe ability to read minds has long been a fascination of science fiction, but revolutionary new brain-imaging methods are bringing it closer to scientific reality.

How magicians exploit the natural functioning of our brains to astonish and amaze usHow do magicians make us see the impossible?

Neueste Erkenntnisse aus Hirnforschung und Psychologie: So zwingen Sie Krisen nicht mehr in die Knie Resilienz ist die Fähigkeit, mit Stress und Krisen gesund umzugehen.

A leading neuroscientist explains why your personal traits are more innate than you thinkWhat makes you the way you are-and what makes each of us different from everyone else?

Why should we learn more than one language?

"¿Qué me decías?

Sexualität und Körper sind Themen, die zunehmend in den Fokus der Hirnforschung gerückt sind.

El deporte y el ejercicio físico en general siempre tuvieron adeptos, aunque en estos tiempos la conciencia sobre su valoración para optimizar la calidad de vida convirtió a muchos sedentarios en activistas.

La inteligencia es un tema que ocupa gran parte de nuestras vidas.

La memoria es una de las preocupaciones más comunes entre las personas en lo que a funcionamiento del cerebro respecta.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BSHS BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE HUGHES PRIZE 2025There are more than 100 billion brain cells in our heads, and every single one represents a fragment of thought and feeling.

What if neurodiverse individuals, including those dealing with autism, could find an integrated approach - in one place - that actually worked?

For the first time in history, there is now hope for treating neurological disorders that had previously been considered untreatable.

Growth hormone secretagogues (GHS) administered alone or in combination with growth hormone releasing hexapeptides, are effective probes for the diagnosis of GH deficiency in both children and adults.

Many coaching tools and techniques are now well established, but how do they actually work?

A revelatory tale of how the human brain develops, from conception to birth and beyondBy the time a baby is born, its brain is equipped with billions of intricately crafted neurons wired together through trillions of interconnections to form a compact and breathtakingly efficient supercomputer.

Since the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception.

The world's top experts take readers to the very frontiers of brain scienceIncludes a chapter by 2014 Nobel laureates May-Britt Moser and Edvard MoserAn unprecedented look at the quest to unravel the mysteries of the human brain, The Future of the Brain takes readers to the absolute frontiers of science.

A look at the true nature of the zombie brainEven if you've never seen a zombie movie or television show, you could identify an undead ghoul if you saw one.

What's so special about music?

How our brains have evolved so that we control how we think and behaveThe Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our cognitive flexibility and capacity for innovation and imitation.

How the new brain sciences are transforming our understanding of what it means to be humanThe brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics.

A new approach to understanding animal and human cognitionWhen a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we might easily assume these animals know their own motivations--that they use the same psychological mechanisms that we do.

Hailed by the Washington Post as "e;a sure-footed and witty guide to slippery ethical terrain,"e; a philosophical exploration of AI and the future of the mind that Astronomer Royal Martin Rees calls "e;profound and entertaining"e;Humans may not be Earth's most intelligent beings for much longer: the world champions of chess, Go, and Jeopardy!

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used to visualize detailed internal structure of the body.

Language, cognition, and memory are traditionally studied together prior to a researcher specializing in any one area.

The child is neither an adult miniature nor an immature human being: at each age, it expresses specific abilities that optimize adaptation to its environment and development of new acquisitions.

Vasopressin and oxytocin are the key hormones of the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system, and are well-known to be critically involved in antidiuresis, labor, and milk ejection.

Episodic memory is the name of the kind of memory that records personal experiences instead of the mere remembering of impersonal facts and rules.

This volume of Progress in Brain Research is based on the proceedings of a conference, "e;Using Eye Movements as an Experimental Probe of Brain Function,"e; held at the Charing Cross Hospital Campus of Imperial College London, UK on 5th -6th December, 2007 to honor Professor Jean Buttner-Ennever.

A key property of neural processing in higher mammals is the ability to focus resources by selectively directing attention to relevant perceptions, thoughts or actions.

Some well-known age-related neurological diseases include Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, deafness, and blindness.

From one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior, the astonishing story of how the female brain drives the evolution of beauty in animals and humansDarwin developed the theory of sexual selection to explain why the animal world abounds in stunning beauty, from the brilliant colors of butterflies and fishes to the songs of birds and frogs.

Oxidative stress is the result of an imbalance in pro-oxidant/antioxidant homeostasis that leads to the generation of toxic reactive oxygen species.

Neurohábitos es un libro que intenta atraer al lector a los buenos hábitos, aquellos que pueden potenciar de manera integral a cualquier persona.

¿Hay una ciencia de las ideas?

Las neurociencias están de moda.

El cerebro humano es una máquina extraordinaria, capaz de transformarse a sí misma a partir de la experiencia y de albergar talentos que nos vuelven únicos como especie: lenguaje, lectura, matemáticas, creación artística.

Cunde en nuestros días la ilusión de que la neurociencia puede explicarlo todo: los sueños y las adicciones, las dificultades de aprendizaje, nuestras decisiones financieras y nuestros consumos, los trastornos de la alimentación y los sentimientos religiosos.

Son nuestros genes los que dictan que tengamos cierto color de pelo, condiciones para la música o el básquet, predisposición a enfermarnos de algunas cosas.

¿De dónde vienen realmente los números y cómo llegan a nuestra mente?

¿Cómo pienso?

Entre los 5 y los 7 años de edad, casi todos los niños aprenden a leer.

¿Por qué, en pleno siglo XXI, seguimos creyendo en algo o alguien superior, llámese Dios, meditación trascendental, espiritualidad o sentido de la vida?

¿Por qué es tan fácil para cualquier niño descubrir de manera implícita las reglas ocultas del lenguaje y tan difícil memorizar listas o multiplicar números de muchos dígitos?

La memoria tiene sus matices, sus vaivenes, sus luces y sombras.

Esta obra es un aporte a la ensenanza de la neurociencia.

Las neuronas presentan caracteristicas especiales en su morfologia.

"Se trata de una revisión teórica que aborda los conceptos básicos sobre los mecanismos neurobiológicos y neuropatológicos de la percepción visual en la que se indaga sobre los conceptos generales de la percepción, la diferenciación con la sensación, los modelos y leyes teóricas que surgieron durante el transcurso de la historia que nos condujeron al concepto actual de percepción visual, el desarrollo desde el nacimiento, las particularidades de los procesos neuro anatomofisiológicos, el papel de la plasticidad en éste proceso, las diferencias en el reconocimiento de objetos versus caras,las alteraciones de la percepción visual.

Estamos convencidos que todos los seres humanos son seres creativos y todos sin excepción tienen la posibilidad de trabajar en el desarrollo de su pensamiento creativo.