Clearly explains what hormones are and why they are important
Considers their various roles - in appetite, in reproduction, and in the balance of water and salt in the body
Modern, up-to-date u ... Read more
What if our ability to make decisions was more a matter of chance than a rational process? It has long been recognized that the mind decides, the body obeys. However, as the author of this book argues ... Read more
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One goal of researchers in neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence is to build theoretical models that can explain the flexibility and adaptiveness of biological systems. How to Build a ... Read more
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David Richards; Gillian Pocock; Christopher D. Richards
Pages
848 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
218 x 276 mm
Pub date
Feb 2013
The human body is a complicated and beautiful machine, governed by the laws of physics and chemistry. By understanding its physiology - how it performs its varied functions - it is possible to build s ... Read more
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Sarah D. Richmond; Geraint Rees; Sarah J. L. Edwards
Pages
288 Pages
Format
Hardcover
Size
178 x 247 mm
Pub date
Aug 2012
Since the 1980s, MRI scanners have told us much about brain function and played an important role in the clinical diagnosis of a number of conditions - both in the brain and the rest of the body. The ... Read more
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With the progress of artificial intelligence, the digitalization of the lifeworld, and the reduction of the mind to neuronal processes, the human being increasingly appears to be just a product of dat ... Read more
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Out of all the human senses, touch is the one that is most often unappreciated, and undervalued. Yet, the surface of the human body, the skin, is actually one huge sheet of tactile receptors. It provi ... Read more
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This book takes an in depth and hard look at the current status and future direction of treatment predictive markers in Personalized Medicine for the brain from the perspectives of the researchers on ... Read more
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Patrick Rebuschat; Martin Rohrmeier; John A. Hawkins; Ian Cross
Pages
356 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
156 x 233 mm
Pub date
Nov 2011
The past 15 years have witnessed an increasing interest in the comparative study of language and music as cognitive systems. Language and music are uniquely human traits, so it is not surprising that ... Read more
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Since its discovery in the 1960s, a vast and wide-ranging body of research has accumulated about the dopaminergic system. Life's Rewards: Linking Dopamine, Incentive Learning, Schizophrenia, and the M ... Read more
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