Minds Behind the Brain: A History of the Pioneers and Their DiscoveriesOxford University Press, 2000 - 364 頁 Attractively illustrated with over a hundred halftones and drawings, this volume presents a series of vibrant profiles that trace the evolution of our knowledge about the brain. Beginning almost 5000 years ago, with the ancient Egyptian study of "the marrow of the skull," Stanley Finger takes us on a fascinating journey from the classical world of Hippocrates, to the time of Descartes and the era of Broca and Ramon y Cajal, to modern researchers such as Sperry. Here is a truly remarkable cast of characters. We meet Galen, a man of titanic ego and abrasive disposition, whose teachings dominated medicine for a thousand years; Vesalius, a contemporary of Copernicus, who pushed our understanding of human anatomy to new heights; Otto Loewi, pioneer in neurotransmitters, who gave the Nazis his Nobel prize money and fled Austria for England; and Rita Levi-Montalcini, discoverer of nerve growth factor, who in war-torn Italy was forced to do her research in her bedroom. For each individual, Finger examines the philosophy, the tools, the books, and the ideas that brought new insights. Finger also looks at broader topics--how dependent are researchers on the work of others? What makes the time ripe for discovery? And what role does chance or serendipity play? And he includes many fascinating background figures as well, from Leonardo da Vinci and Emanuel Swedenborg to Karl August Weinhold--who claimed to have reanimated a dead cat by filling its skull with silver and zinc--and Mary Shelley, whose Frankenstein was inspired by such experiments. Wide ranging in scope, imbued with an infectious spirit of adventure, here are vivid portraits of giants in the field of neuroscience--remarkable individuals who found new ways to think about the machinery of the mind. |
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... Ferrier's second monkey , with damage to its temporal ( auditory ) cortex , moved about with ease . Yet when Ferrier fired a percussion cap not far from the animal's head , it did not cringe - it behaved as if it were completely deaf ...
... Ferrier's second monkey , with damage to its temporal ( auditory ) cortex , moved about with ease . Yet when Ferrier fired a percussion cap not far from the animal's head , it did not cringe - it behaved as if it were completely deaf ...
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A History of the Pioneers and Their Discoveries Stanley Finger. a result , Ferrier slowly began to give more credit to the Germans for their pioneer- ing work . 25 Sensory Cortical Areas Ferrier said little about the sensory systems in ...
A History of the Pioneers and Their Discoveries Stanley Finger. a result , Ferrier slowly began to give more credit to the Germans for their pioneer- ing work . 25 Sensory Cortical Areas Ferrier said little about the sensory systems in ...
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... Ferrier that the deficits following large motor - cortex lesions are , in fact , permanent in primates . Ferrier and Yeo also had one animal , Monkey F , with lesions of the auditory cor- tex that remained in good health well after its ...
... Ferrier that the deficits following large motor - cortex lesions are , in fact , permanent in primates . Ferrier and Yeo also had one animal , Monkey F , with lesions of the auditory cor- tex that remained in good health well after its ...
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A Voyage Across Time | 1 |
The Dawn of Neurology | 7 |
The Brain as the Organ of Mind | 21 |
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