The Evolving Brain
Subtitle: The Known And the Unknown
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: January 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9781591024804
Subjects: Physiological & neuro-psychology; Popular psychology; Cerebral Physiology; Psychology; Neuropsychology; Cognitive Psychology; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Brain
Description: The human brain is arguably the most complex object in the universe. With about 100 billion neurons, each of which makes perhaps 10,000 synapses, our incredible central processing unit is capable of roughly 1,000 trillion interconnections. What do scientists know about how this amazingly complex organ functions? Is it even possible to unravel all of its mysteries? In this comprehensive book on the science of the brain, distinguished neurophysiologist R. Grant Steen provides us with a crash course on how the brain works.