The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain (eBook)
256 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-50048-4 (ISBN)
go through a typical day and night? This fascinating book presents
an hour-by-hour round-the-clock journal of your brain's
activities. Drawing on the treasure trove of information from
Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazines as well
as original material written specifically for this book, Judith
Horstman weaves together a compelling description of your brain at
work and at play.
The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your
Brain reveals what's going on in there while you
sleep and dream, how your brain makes memories and forms addictions
and why we sometimes make bad decisions. The book also offers
intriguing information about your emotional brain, and what's
happening when you're feeling love, lust, fear and
anxiety--and how sex, drugs and rock and roll tickle the same
spots.
Based on the latest scientific information, the book explores
your brain's remarkable ability to change, how your brain can
make new neurons even into old age and why multitasking may be bad
for you.
Your brain is uniquely yours - but research is showing
many of its day-to-day cycles are universal. This book gives you a
look inside your brain and some insights into why you may feel and
act as you do.
The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your
Brain is written in the entertaining, informative and
easy-to-understand style that fans of Scientific American and
Scientific American Mind magazine have come to expect.
JUDITH HORSTMAN is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in publications ranging from USA Today to the Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases (twelfth edition). Horstman's work has also appeared in publications by Harvard, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins universities, numerous magazines, and on the Internet. She has been a Washington correspondent, a Fulbright scholar, a journalism profesor, and is the author of four books.
In this thorough health and science overview, journalist Horstman
(Overcoming Arthritis) reviews a full day of brainwork by
accounting for the mental processes of everyday activities,
arranged by hour, beginning with 5 a.m. and "coming to
consciousness." Fascinatingly, Horstman shows how, as hormone
and neurotransmitter levels change throughout the day, there may be
an optimal time for everything. Moving through the workday,
Horstman discusses stress, decision-making, hunger and fatigue,
ADHD and more, before returning home to cover music, humor, sex,
fear and sleep. Horstman's lively prose is packed with useful
information: meditation increases attention while delaying aging;
brain exercise and a strong social network decrease the odds of
developing dementia; diet can quell morning crabbiness, increase
afternoon focus, and promote sleep. Multitasking, as
Horstman explains, is less like an efficient model of
problem solving and more like channel-surfing; stress, she says,
"may be the single worst thing your brain does to your
heart." Information-packed and fully referenced, this
Scientific American publication is perfect for anyone with
interest in mind/body interaction, mental health or aging.
(PublishersWeekly.com, August 24, 2009)
STARRED REVIEW
Drawing on neurology articles from Scientific American and
Scientific American Mind, science journalist Horstman
creates a seamless and fascinating look at our brain's functioning
throughout the day, adeptly noting cycles and processes that may
occur by mentioning them in a time context that makes sense.
Beginning her exploration at 5 a.m., when the brain begins to
return to consciousness, she bases the chapters on each hour in a
24-hour period and groups hours into sections related to typical
activities, such as "Winding Down" from 9 p.m. to midnight. She
examines how and when other bodily processes and functions, such as
hunger, impact the brain. Drops in blood sugar, for example, also
indicate lowered levels of serotonin. The explanations are easy to
read, and they incorporate anecdotes and callouts that deftly
explain neuroscientific content. VERDICT Appealing to lay
scientists, Scientific American readers, and all those
interested in how to care for their brain as it matures and ages,
this book will be a popular science title. (Library
Journal)
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.8.2009 |
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Reihe/Serie | Scientific American | Scientific American |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
Schlagworte | Biowissenschaften • Life Sciences • Neuroscience • Neurowissenschaften |
ISBN-10 | 0-470-50048-4 / 0470500484 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-50048-4 / 9780470500484 |
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