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Dark and Magical Places - The Neuroscience of Navigation (Hardcover)
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Dark and Magical Places - The Neuroscience of Navigation (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R472
Discovery Miles 4 720
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Inside our heads we carry around an infinite and endlessly
unfolding map of the world. Navigation is one of the most ancient
neural abilities we have-older than language. In Dark and Magical
Places, Christopher Kemp embarks on a journey to discover the
remarkable extent of what our minds can do. Fueled by his own
spatial shortcomings, Kemp describes the brain regions that orient
us in space and the specialized neurons that do it. Place cells.
Grid cells. He examines how the brain plans routes, recognizes
landmarks, and makes sure we leave a room through a door instead of
trying to leave through a painting. From the secrets of
supernavigators like the indigenous hunters of the Bolivian
rainforest to the confusing environments inhabited by people with
place blindness, Kemp charts the myriad ways in which we find our
way and explains the cutting-edge neuroscience behind them. How did
Neanderthals navigate? Why do even seasoned hikers stray from the
trail? What spatial skills do we inherit from our parents? How can
smartphones and our reliance on GPS devices impact our brains? In
engaging, engrossing language, Kemp unravels the mysteries of
navigating and links the brain's complex functions to the effects
that diseases like Alzheimer's, types of amnesia, and traumatic
brain injuries have on our perception of the world around us. A
book for anyone who has ever felt compelled to venture off the
beaten path, Dark and Magical Places is a stirring reminder of the
beauty in losing yourself to your surroundings. And the beauty in
understanding how our brains can guide us home.
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