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The Science of Sadness
A New Understanding of Emotion
ISBN: 9780262547772
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2024
An accessible, scientific account of grief, melancholy, and nostalgia in human life and their broader lessons for understanding emotions in general.
The Creative Brain
Myths and Truths
ISBN: 9780262548007
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 30, 2024
A nuanced, science-based understanding of the creative mind that dispels the pervasive myths we hold about the human brain—but also uncovers the truth at their cores.
Modeling Neural Circuits Made Simple with Python
Modeling Neural Circuits Made Simple with Python
ISBN: 9780262548083
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 19, 2024
An accessible undergraduate textbook in computational neuroscience that provides an introduction to the mathematical and computational modeling of neurons and networks of neurons.
The Brain Abstracted
Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience
ISBN: 9780262548045
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 5, 2024
An exciting, new framework for interpreting the philosophical significance of neuroscience.
The Visual World of Shadows
ISBN: 9780262550840
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 26, 2023
How the perception of shadows, studied by vision scientists and visual artists, reveals the inner workings of the visual system.
Altered States of Consciousness
Altered States of Consciousness
Experiences Out of Time and Self
ISBN: 9780262546089
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 7, 2023
What altered states of consciousness—the dissolution of feelings of time and self—can tell us about the mystery of consciousness.
Borges and Memory
Encounters with the Human Brain
ISBN: 9780262549561
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
A scientist's exploration of the working of memory begins with a story by Borges about a man who could not forget.
Biological Learning and Control
Biological Learning and Control
How the Brain Builds Representations, Predicts Events, and Makes Decisions
ISBN: 9780262549554
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
A novel theoretical framework that describes a possible rationale for the regularity in how we move, how we learn, and how our brain predicts events.
The Science of Sadness
A New Understanding of Emotion
ISBN: 9780262547772
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2024
An accessible, scientific account of grief, melancholy, and nostalgia in human life and their broader lessons for understanding emotions in general.
The Creative Brain
Myths and Truths
ISBN: 9780262548007
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 30, 2024
A nuanced, science-based understanding of the creative mind that dispels the pervasive myths we hold about the human brain—but also uncovers the truth at their cores.
Modeling Neural Circuits Made Simple with Python
Modeling Neural Circuits Made Simple with Python
ISBN: 9780262548083
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 19, 2024
An accessible undergraduate textbook in computational neuroscience that provides an introduction to the mathematical and computational modeling of neurons and networks of neurons.
The Brain Abstracted
Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience
ISBN: 9780262548045
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 5, 2024
An exciting, new framework for interpreting the philosophical significance of neuroscience.
The Visual World of Shadows
ISBN: 9780262550840
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 26, 2023
How the perception of shadows, studied by vision scientists and visual artists, reveals the inner workings of the visual system.
Altered States of Consciousness
Altered States of Consciousness
Experiences Out of Time and Self
ISBN: 9780262546089
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 7, 2023
What altered states of consciousness—the dissolution of feelings of time and self—can tell us about the mystery of consciousness.
Borges and Memory
Encounters with the Human Brain
ISBN: 9780262549561
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
A scientist's exploration of the working of memory begins with a story by Borges about a man who could not forget.
Biological Learning and Control
Biological Learning and Control
How the Brain Builds Representations, Predicts Events, and Makes Decisions
ISBN: 9780262549554
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
A novel theoretical framework that describes a possible rationale for the regularity in how we move, how we learn, and how our brain predicts events.