عنوان

The genius engine

شابک

9780471262398 (cloth : alk. paper)

کد کشور

IR

شماره

E-7046

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

کشور محل نشر

IR

عنوان اصلي

The genius engine

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

:where memory, reason, passion, violence, and creativity intersect in the human brain

نام نخستين پديدآور

/ Kathleen Stein

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Hoboken, N.J.

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

: John Wiley & Sons

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

, 2007.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xi, 292 p. , ill. , 25 cm.

متن يادداشت

Print

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index.

متن يادداشت

Includes information on abstract thought, aggression, amygdala, Anterior cingulated cortex, antisocial personality disorder (APD), attention, brain mapping, Todd Braver, children, Jonathan Cohen, computers and computer modeling, creativity, Richard Davidson, dopamine, dorsolateral PFC, emotions, fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), John Gabrieli, Vinod Goel, Jeremy Gray, hemispheric asymmetry, inhibition, intelligence, lateral PFC, left PFC system, memory, monkeys, moral values and dilemmas, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), neurons, orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), personality, prefrontal cortex (PFC), reason, reward and punishment, right PFC system, social cognition, traumatic brain injuries, violence, women, working memory, etc.

متن يادداشت

Stein reveals the extensive reconfiguration of the PFC during puberty and why this turmoil within the PFC informs how teens judge others. This adolescent brain remodeling explains why teenagers tend to find life so unfair: theyض‍re unable to read social situations efficiently during a period when peer acceptance is the epicenter of their lives. Stein also provides examples of the long-term consequences of PFC injuries. Babies with certain PFC injuries tend to grow up friendless and emotionless. In adults, injury can cause a variety of deficits, including difficulties distinguishing whether a voice is cheerful or morose. Once the damage is done to the prefrontal tissue, no other part of the brain can assume its functions. Taking us to the forefront of neuroscience, The Genius Engine provides a mesmerizing look into the area of our brain that defines what it means to be human-the part that gives us not only our agile intelligence but also our emotions, morality and rules of social conduct.

متن يادداشت

Although other primates and many other animals have working memory, the human brain gives our species a unique ability to reason, remember and build models of the future. Our brain-specifically, the prefrontal cortex-defines our prevailing spirit, distinctive character, talent, aptitude and inclination. Our genius. In The Genius Engine, Kathleen Stein investigates the wonders of our prefrontal cortex, or PFC. Drawing on her decades of experience as a science and technology editor and writer, she deftly explains how the PFC gives us the special flexibility to update information from moment to moment and to make long-range plans; how it controls our artistic and athletic intelligence; and how it determines our moral compass. She delves into the mundane and often taken-for-granted capacities of the PFC-such as multitasking, humor and empathy-and probes the social problems caused by a dysfunctional PFC. Examining how the PFC orchestrates our entire mental universe, The Genius Engine shows why some individuals are hardwired to be dark and brooding and why little laughs are evolutionض‍s way of encouraging us to do some light cognitive calisthenics. It also explores how we can expand the PFCض‍s capacities, demonstrating how the preschool television show Blueض‍s Clues helps children develop their memory and how bilingualism enhances a childض‍s working memory and control processes.

متن يادداشت

Acknowledgments --Brain maps and matrices diagram --Introduction --1.Memory : the DNA of consciousness --2.Reason : logic, laughter, and looking within --3.Passion : in cold blood? --4.Violence : morality and the minds of the killers --5.Creativity : art as a window into the brain --6.Silicon minds : the rise of the machine genius --Notes --Index.

موضوع مستند نشده

Prefrontal cortex

موضوع مستند نشده

Prefrontal Cortex- physiology

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Stein, Kathleen,1944-

کشور

ایران

وضعیت فهرست نویسی

old catalog

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

BL

پیشوند ISBD اعمال شده است

1

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y