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020			_a9781838850999
082			_a612.82 EAG-D
100			_aEagleman, David
245			_aLivewired : _bthe inside story of the ever-changing brain / _cDavid Eagleman
260			_aIndia _bPenguin Random House _c2020
300			_a310 p.
365			_aINR _b699.00.
500			_aWhat does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time, but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? Why did many people in the 1980s mistakenly perceive book pages to be slightly red in colour? Why is the world’s best archer armless? Might we someday control a robot with our thoughts, just as we do our fingers and toes? Why do we dream at night, and what does that have to do with the rotation of the planet? The answer to these questions is right behind our eyes. The greatest technology we have ever discovered on this planet is the three-pound organ carried around in the vault of the skull. This book is not simply about what the brain is, but what it does. The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it’s made of, but in the way those parts unceasingly re-weave themselves in an electric, living fabric. Surf the leading edge of neuroscience atop the anecdotes and metaphors that have made Eagleman one of the best scientific translators of our generation. Covering decades of research to the present day, Livewired also presents new discoveries from Eagleman’s own laboratory, from synaesthesia to dreaming to wearable neurotech devices that revolutionize how we think about the senses.
650			_aBrain
650			_aNeuroplasticity
650			_aLearning--Physiological aspects
650			_aNervous system
650			_aNeurosciences
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