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Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Presents the findings of a neuroscientist who has spent time imaging, mapping, testing, and dissecting the brains of psychopaths--people who lack a conscience or empathy--and discusses what motivates them and makes them act as they do."--Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This book provides a concise overview of VR systems and their cybersickness effects, giving a description of possible reasons and existing solutions to reduce or avoid them. Moreover, the book explores the impact that understanding how efficiently our brains are producing a coherent and rich representation of the perceived outside world would have on helping VR technics to be more efficient and friendly to use. Getting Rid of Cybersickness will help...
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"The anesthetic considerations and procedures involved in the perioperative care of the neurosurgical patient are among the most complex in anesthesiology. The practice of neurosurgery and neuroanesthesiology encompasses a wide range of cases, from major spine surgery, to aneurysm clipping and awake craniotomy. Case Studies in Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care provides a comprehensive view of real-world clinical practice. It contains over 90...
132) Secrets of the mind
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Follows neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran as he investigates four mysterious psychological cases involving blindness and sight, phantom limbs and pain, and delusional thinking, and delivers his astounding conclusions.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Take a deep-dive into the universe that's inside each one of us, by exploring shared biology that people often don't take the time to appreciate, or understand. Heart, brain, eyes, blood, tears; uncover not only the science behind how the bodies work but how what's inside powers every moment of what is done out in the world. Personal profiles of people from around the globe become entry points into deeper stories about how the body's many systems...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Sirio, S.A
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Yo no sé nada acerca de elefantes, y tampoco sé sobre baile. Y a pesar de todo, este libro es un manual de entrenamiento y una carta de amor dirigida a los que, como tú, bailan con elefantes. Hacer frente a los elefantes es algo que generalmente evitamos. La mayoría de nosotros tenemos elefantes escondidos en nuestros armarios, ocultos a simple vista. Son nuestros grandes temores no reconocidos. ¿Cuáles son tus elefantes? ¿A qué tienes...
Author
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Tell the doctor where it hurts." It sounds simple enough, unless the problem affects the very organ that produces awareness and generates speech. What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this book, Dr. Allan Ropper and Brian Burrell take the reader behind the scenes at Harvard Medical School's neurology unit to show how a seasoned diagnostician faces down bizarre, life-altering afflictions. Like Alice in Wonderland,...