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The Spike - An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds (Paperback)
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The Spike - An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds (Paperback)
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The story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our
brains work We see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take
that? We reach a hand out. In the 2.1 seconds that this impulse
travels through our brain, billions of neurons communicate with one
another, sending blips of voltage through our sensory and motor
regions. Neuroscientists call these blips “spikes.” Spikes
enable us to do everything: talk, eat, run, see, plan, and decide.
In The Spike, Mark Humphries takes readers on the epic journey of a
spike through a single, brief reaction. In vivid language,
Humphries tells the story of what happens in our brain, what we
know about spikes, and what we still have left to understand about
them. Drawing on decades of research in neuroscience, Humphries
explores how spikes are born, how they are transmitted, and how
they lead us to action. He dives into previously unanswered
mysteries: Why are most neurons silent? What causes neurons to fire
spikes spontaneously, without input from other neurons or the
outside world? Why do most spikes fail to reach any destination?
Humphries presents a new vision of the brain, one where fundamental
computations are carried out by spontaneous spikes that predict
what will happen in the world, helping us to perceive, decide, and
react quickly enough for our survival. Traversing neuroscience’s
expansive terrain, The Spike follows a single electrical response
to illuminate how our extraordinary brains work.
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