How the brain helps us to understand and navigate space―and why, sometimes, it doesn’t work the way it should. Inside our heads we carry around an infinite and endlessly unfolding map of the world. Navigation is one of the most ancient neural abilities we have―older than language. In Dark and Magical Places , Christopher Kemp embarks on a journey to discover the remarkable extent of what our minds can do. Fueled by his own spatial shortcomings, Kemp describes the brain regions that orient us in space and the specialized neurons that do it. Place cells. Grid cells. He examines how the brain Dark and Magical Places - The Neuroscience of Navigation - Christopher Kemp od authora Christopher Kemp a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Christopher Kemp |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
256 |
Rok vydání |
2022 |
Nakladatelství |
Wellcome Collection |