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100			_aBrandt, Anthony K. _922080 _eAuthor
245		4	_aThe runaway species _b: how human creativity remakes the world _c/ Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman
260			_aEdinburgh : _bCanongate Books Ltd, _c2017.
300			_a296 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.
520			_aThe brain is typically portrayed as an organ with a map of regions dedicated to specific tasks. But, says acclaimed neuroscientist and bestselling author David Eagleman, that textbook model is wrong. The brain is a dynamic system; the connections between its cells are constantly blossoming, dying and reconfiguring. Drawing on up-to-the-minute research, Eagleman takes us on a fascinating journey into brain plasticity to discover how a child can function with one half of his brain removed and how a blind mountain climber can use an electrode grid on his tongue to 'see'. He proves how the brain optimizes its circuitry based on the tasks relevant to goals and survival and how this knowledge opens the door to dazzling new technologies. The magic of our brains lies in the way they unceasingly re-weave themselves to form an electric, living fabric. Eagleman gets to the heart of who we are and how the brain plasticity revolution is lighting up the path of the future by analysing how our most vital organ works in a way that has never been done before.
590			_bIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650			_aCognition _96853
650			_aCreative ability _97047
650			_aBrain _99635
650			_aNeurosciences _911153
650		0	_aCreation (Literary, artistic, etc.) _911154
700			_aEagleman, David _eAuthor _911157
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