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Uniform Title Augmenting cognition (Online)
Title Augmenting cognition / edited by Idan Segev and Henry Markram
Edition 1st ed
Published Lausanne, Switzerland : EPFL Press ; Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Life sciences
Life sciences (EPFL Press)
Contents Sensory stimulation for augmenting perception, sensorimotor behavior and cognition / Hubert R. Dinse [and others] -- Improvisation for prefrontal rehabilitation / Son Preminger -- Direct brain computer interfaces to restore cognition / Mijail Demian Serruya -- Sleep and memory: in search of functionality / Robert Stickgold, Matthew Tucker -- Augmenting cognition with music / Michael W. Weiss, Glenn Schellenberg -- Accessing our "inner savant" : the little Rain Man within us all / Darold A. Treffert -- Longevity / Kayoko Ishii -- Pharmaceutical cognitive enhancement: interrogating the ethics, addressing the issues / Paul A. Martin [and others] -- The future of deep brain stimulation / Zvi Israel [and others] -- Diagnosis, prophylaxis, and treatment after psychological trauma: conceptual and ethical issues / Dan J. Stein
Summary The Human brain is only 100,000 years old. Yet, this newly evolved organ endows us with unique creative capabilities beyond all other living creatures, including the gift to understand itself. As our very survival and success in life depends on utilizing our brain's power, intense efforts have begun worldwide to understand the brain, reverse-engineer it and even augment its capacity. Towards this end we harness every trick in the book of mathematics, physics, chemistry, pharmacology, biology, psychology, as well as computer science, information sciences, and engineering - giving rise to the
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Cognitive neuroscience.
Cognition -- physiology
Brain -- physiology
Neuropsychology -- methods
Cognitive neuroscience
Form Electronic book
Author Segev, Idan
Markram, Henry
CRC Press LLC
ISBN 9781439839942
1439839948