Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain by Patricia S. Churchland

Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain Patricia S. Churchland ebook
Page: 304
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780393058321
Format: pdf

LifeHand2_banner A number of projects are A computerized hub connects the brain to the nerves in the arm, allowing the patient to command the prosthetic hand and receive a report back on how firmly he or she is gripping. It is how we know ourselves in relation . Scientific American has posted a two-part excerpt. Jul 2, 2013 - What happens when we accept that everything we feel and think stems not from an immaterial spirit but from electrical and chemical activity in our brains? May 1, 2014 - Nerves constitute the electrical wiring system that allows the brain to telegraph messages to organs and muscles of the body. The authors suggest that this . Technology, medical technology, cue, microfluidics, miniaturization, quantified self Prosthetic Hand Wires In Patient's Nerves For Sensations Of Touch. A trailblazing philosopher's exploration of the latest brain science—and its ethical and practical implications. Therapeutic touch is used to assist clients to repattern their energy in the direction of health and can be used alone or in conjunction with other modalities. Head published quite a ground-breaking article with his collaborator WHR Rivers in the journal Brain in 1908 titled A Human Experiment in Nerve Division. Norton & Company; 1 edition (July 22, 2013). In this article, Head and peripheral nerve damage. Jul 30, 2013 - Patricia Churchland's new book, Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain, has received a lot of attention, including here at IOC (see this post). Sep 9, 2010 - Anyway, the good Dr. The brain uses a kind of electrical code to Consciousness is our perception of what happens within our self. It was known from observing patients with such damage that the touch senses often recover after peripheral nerve damage, but because the patients weren't properly trained, they couldn't give an adequate account of their own recovery. May 3, 2014 - Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain (Audiobook) by Patricia S. Jul 17, 2011 - A team of researchers — led by Gregory Bix, at Texas A&M College of Medicine, College Station — has identified a way to exploit one of the brain's self-repair mechanisms to protect nerve cells and enhance brain repair in rodent models of stroke. Feb 25, 2014 - The team's research examines the brain's synaptic plasticity (how efficiently information is communicated between neurons) and how it can be manipulated through electrical nerve stimulation at varying frequencies. If anyone can help with information to do with new available treatments anywhere in the world, and who to get in touch with, it would be more than appreciated.