Neuroscience for Dummies
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Summary
Get on the fast track to understanding neuroscience Investigating how your senses work， how you move， and how you think and feel， "Neuroscience For Dummies， " 2nd Edition is your straight-forward guide to the most complicated structure known in the universe: the brain。 Covering the most recent scientific discoveries and complemented with helpful diagrams and engaging anecdotes that help bring the information to life， this updated edition offers a compelling and plain-English look at how the brain and nervous system function。
Simply put， the human brain is an endlessly fascinating subject: it holds the secrets to your personality， use of language， memories， and the way your body operates。 In just the past few years alone， exciting new technologies and an explosion of knowledge have transformed the field of neuroscience--and this friendly guide is here to serve as your roadmap to the latest findings and research。 Packed with new content on genetics and epigenetics and increased coverage of hippocampus and depression， this new edition of "Neuroscience For Dummies" is an eye-opening and fascinating read for readers of all walks of life。 Covers how gender affects brain function Illustrates why some people are more sensitive to pain than others Explains what constitutes intelligence and its different levels Offers guidance on improving your learning
What is the biological basis of consciousness？ How are mental illnesses related to changes in brain function？ Find the answers to these and countless other questions in "Neuroscience For Dummies， " 2nd Edition
Simply put， the human brain is an endlessly fascinating subject: it holds the secrets to your personality， use of language， memories， and the way your body operates。 In just the past few years alone， exciting new technologies and an explosion of knowledge have transformed the field of neuroscience--and this friendly guide is here to serve as your roadmap to the latest findings and research。 Packed with new content on genetics and epigenetics and increased coverage of hippocampus and depression， this new edition of "Neuroscience For Dummies" is an eye-opening and fascinating read for readers of all walks of life。 Covers how gender affects brain function Illustrates why some people are more sensitive to pain than others Explains what constitutes intelligence and its different levels Offers guidance on improving your learning
What is the biological basis of consciousness？ How are mental illnesses related to changes in brain function？ Find the answers to these and countless other questions in "Neuroscience For Dummies， " 2nd Edition
Reviews
Shauntelle James
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Neuroscience & Physiology ExplanationI wanted to read this book to gain exposure to biological and human affects of the brain。 This was just that and more。 It lays our the phylogenetic structures easily and expands on how they develop and are different。 The book makes references to genetics and animal structures。 It also makes very good explanations about some of the common human brain dysfunctions。
Janie
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This book is great if you want to learn more about neuroscience。 It covers topics from the anatomy of the brain to movement， consciousness， and disorders。 One complaint is that the author goes into too many technical details， especially considering that this is a "For Dummies" book。 As a beginner to neuroscience， I found myself struggling at parts。 But overall this is a great read！ This book is great if you want to learn more about neuroscience。 It covers topics from the anatomy of the brain to movement， consciousness， and disorders。 One complaint is that the author goes into too many technical details， especially considering that this is a "For Dummies" book。 As a beginner to neuroscience， I found myself struggling at parts。 But overall this is a great read！ 。。。more
Rosalind
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I read this for fun really， as opposed to reading it academically。 However，！ I must say that I found it very well written in a way that doesn’t overwhelm a new reader to the study of the body’s signal and senses。
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Тая аудиокнига е уникална。 Препоръпвам я на всеки който учи и/или се интересува от невроанатомия и нефрофизиология。 Особено я првпоръчвам на колегите от 2ри курс。 Слуша се много леко и навлиза толкова дълбоко колкото и неразбираемите учебници като напр。 Този на уважаемия бездарен многоиздателен автор акад。 Овчаров。Аеотрът може да не е академик КАМБАН， а простичък професор по невронаука от Алабама， но Овчаров и други аетори не могат да му стъпят на малкия пръст， като обяснителни способности。Книга Тая аудиокнига е уникална。 Препоръпвам я на всеки който учи и/или се интересува от невроанатомия и нефрофизиология。 Особено я првпоръчвам на колегите от 2ри курс。 Слуша се много леко и навлиза толкова дълбоко колкото и неразбираемите учебници като напр。 Този на уважаемия бездарен многоиздателен автор акад。 Овчаров。Аеотрът може да не е академик КАМБАН， а простичък професор по невронаука от Алабама， но Овчаров и други аетори не могат да му стъпят на малкия пръст， като обяснителни способности。Книгата навлиза дълбоко， колкото всеки учебник по физиология。 Преди малко я дослушах в Storytel -https://www。storytel。com/bg/bg/books/。。。И пак научих нещо， което в никой НОРМАЛЕН （ЗА НЕИДИОТИ） учебник до ся за НС не съм го видял。Налоксонът （опиоиден антагонист， койтонсе дава когато херцоманът е предобрил с хероин защото инхибира хероин， морфин и др。 Опиоиди） инхибира и плацебоефекта。Сигурно го е пишело в дебелите тухли， но от всичката излята излишна информация там не съм обърнал внимание。Друг любим цитат :"Това， че по-възрастните хора не чуват по-високи честоти се използва от някои ученици， които си слагат рингтон с висока честота на телефоните за да не ги чуят учителите" Мн добра книга。。。 :D 。。。more
Julian Meynell
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I was looking for an overview into the basics of Neuroscience before diving in deeper to the subject。 This book was an obvious place to start。 Obviously there is only so accessible a book on Neuroscience can be but this book is very accessible given the subject matter。 As to how good it is at knowing the material， I don't obviously have first hand knowledge of that， but it did infact work for me as a general introduction before I move on to more serious things。 I was looking for an overview into the basics of Neuroscience before diving in deeper to the subject。 This book was an obvious place to start。 Obviously there is only so accessible a book on Neuroscience can be but this book is very accessible given the subject matter。 As to how good it is at knowing the material， I don't obviously have first hand knowledge of that， but it did infact work for me as a general introduction before I move on to more serious things。 。。。more
Lucie
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It was not as much of "for dummies" as I hoped for， but I still got a fairly good picture about how the nervous system works。 And I was fascinated with the details about consciousness， learning and mental illness。 It was not as much of "for dummies" as I hoped for， but I still got a fairly good picture about how the nervous system works。 And I was fascinated with the details about consciousness， learning and mental illness。 。。。more
Joseph Hamilton
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As someone who always joked about the ‘for Dummies’ series， I was forced to eat my words。 I read this cover to cover as I do not come from a background in neuroscience and wanted to pursue a career in the field。 I have since completed a postgraduate level research degree in one of the world’s best universities for the subject。 Although that is obviously not attributable to one book， this definitely gave me a good foundation for applying and excelling at the interview stage。 Highly recommend。
Linda
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Hugely helpful for building enough background knowledge to succeed in grad school clinical neuroanatomy & physiology class。
Bronwyn Lok
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Full review at a >htt。。。。The human brain is quite a fascinating subject。 Its abilities， its potential， how it came to be， and more。 While it had nothing to do with I am studying， but I have always been curious。 The wonderful thing about this book was how it took a really complicated subject and presented it in the simplest way possible。 It provides a pretty decent overview of the structure of the brain， the neurons， the nervous system， the senses， locomotion， and a Full review at a >htt。。。。The human brain is quite a fascinating subject。 Its abilities， its potential， how it came to be， and more。 While it had nothing to do with I am studying， but I have always been curious。 The wonderful thing about this book was how it took a really complicated subject and presented it in the simplest way possible。 It provides a pretty decent overview of the structure of the brain， the neurons， the nervous system， the senses， locomotion， and a lot more。 This book also relates neural dysfunctions and mental illness to the parts of the brain discussed， along with promising future treatments。I really enjoyed learning about the interesting facts about our brain， like how the things we learn by day were played back in the hippocampus during REM sleep， reinforcing learning。 It is why getting enough sleep is important for students。 I also found out from this book how remembering something in the same context it was first learned is easier， like how scuba divers who had learned a list of words underwater find it easier to recall them underwater later。 There is also some discussion about more profound topics， such as the biological basis of consciousness and neural augmentations possible in the future。 Even though it is a non-fiction book， I had fun reading it as it helps you learn a lot of interesting new things。However， even though this book had quite a few diagrams， I think it really needed a lot more。 Neuroscience is， after all， a complicated subject。 Still， it is perfect for readers curious about this subject， as it serves as a good introduction to sate your curiosity before you dive deep into it。 。。。more
Riche。 | ree · shh
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THIS BOOK IS AWESOME。 I LOVE IT。 As a person who has never taken a neuroscience class， this text was very insightful。 I was able to learn many things。
Marco Morsch
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 excelente。
Gianfranco Ruffini
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Greg Parrott
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OK。。。 very high level overview of neuroscience and relatively up to date。 I'm always looking for that next level deeper in the details。 OK。。。 very high level overview of neuroscience and relatively up to date。 I'm always looking for that next level deeper in the details。 。。。more
جلال ابوالعلا
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good for an introduction to neuroscience。
Melichichi
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The dummies series is self-explanatory。 Great starting point for beginners。
Brian
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I'm not ashamed。 Well， a little ashamed。 Found this as a library ebook and took a look as I'd always wanted to study neuro but never did。 It was a decent way to get an overview of neuroscience （as far as I could tell） without having too much detail （which i'd forget anyway） in a short amount of time。 I did reference a real neuroscience textbook to go more in depth in the areas I was interested in。 Looking at the two side by side makes the dummies book look like a joke， but when I finished readin I'm not ashamed。 Well， a little ashamed。 Found this as a library ebook and took a look as I'd always wanted to study neuro but never did。 It was a decent way to get an overview of neuroscience （as far as I could tell） without having too much detail （which i'd forget anyway） in a short amount of time。 I did reference a real neuroscience textbook to go more in depth in the areas I was interested in。 Looking at the two side by side makes the dummies book look like a joke， but when I finished reading areas I was most curious about in the real textbook I was happy to jump back to the dummies version to coast on through。 It was a perfectly decent gist giving book that kept me interested and curious throughout。 。。。more
Annie
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I took this book out from the college library three months ago as a joke to help with my extended project （Evaluating the Effectiveness of Music Therapy on Dopamine Related Illnesses）。 I thought nothing of this book; I've always heard bad things about the '。。。 For Dummies' series so I thought maybe I'd find a good joke or a pun or something。。。 you get the jist。 I thought wrong。 This book is a godsend。 You want to learn about neuroscience but don't really want to？ Read this。 You have no time but I took this book out from the college library three months ago as a joke to help with my extended project （Evaluating the Effectiveness of Music Therapy on Dopamine Related Illnesses）。 I thought nothing of this book; I've always heard bad things about the '。。。 For Dummies' series so I thought maybe I'd find a good joke or a pun or something。。。 you get the jist。 I thought wrong。 This book is a godsend。 You want to learn about neuroscience but don't really want to？ Read this。 You have no time but want to set yourself a ridiculous challenge？ Read this。 You need to do a brain operation to remove an aneurysm tomorrow？ 。。。 Maybe not， go hand yourself in to the police。 The point is， this book is good; it gives you information in a format that makes it easy to explore and read。 The language is simple and doesn't make you feel like the village idiot。 As its author said， it is split into sections that allows you to jump into areas of interest without prior knowledge， and for this， I am incredibly grateful for such a book。 The text also points out important information and research evidence and trivia with key symbols that makes it so simple to navigate。 I really don't know how I could have done this extended project without this book。 I promised myself I'd give it a rave review upon finishing my essay - that was 13 minutes ago。 This is only getting four stars because come on， this is a book on neuroscience。 But hey ho， if you want to self destruct， what could be a funner way than to learn about neuroscience！ Go out with a bang， or at least with knowledge。 。。。more
Brendan
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Has a big mistake in it （ pg 118 ） ， confuses ' hearing aids ' with ' cochealar implants '。 Also ' junk DNA （ pg 298 ） has been discovered not to be junk at all。 Has a big mistake in it （ pg 118 ） ， confuses ' hearing aids ' with ' cochealar implants '。 Also ' junk DNA （ pg 298 ） has been discovered not to be junk at all。 。。。more
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