Unlocking the Brain

Unlocking the Brain
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Publisher : OUP Us
Total Pages : 737
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ISBN-10 : 9780199826995
ISBN-13 : 0199826994
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Book Synopsis Unlocking the Brain by : Georg Northoff

Download or read book Unlocking the Brain written by Georg Northoff and published by OUP Us. This book was released on 2014 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes our brain a brain? This is the central question posited in Unlocking the Brain. By providing a fascinating venture into different territories of neuroscience, psychiatry, and philosophy, the author takes a novel exploration of the brain's resting state in the context of the neural code, and its ability to yield consciousness.


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