神经科学原理 (第4版·英文影印版)

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• Contrary to an intuitive analysis of our personal experience, perceptions are not precise copies of the world around us. Sensation is an abstraction, not a replication, of reality. The brain's circuits construct an internal representation of external physical events after first analyzing various features of those events. When we hold an object in the hand, the shape, movement, and texture of the object are simultaneously analyzed in different brain regions according to the brain's own rules, and the results are integrated in a conscious experience. (查看原文)

  影 2022-06-10 22:44:43

• THE LAST FRONTIER OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES–the ultimate challenge–is to understand the biological basis of consciousness and the brain processes by which we feel, act, learn, and remember. During the past few decades, a remarkable unification within the biological sciences has set the stage for addressing this great challenge. The ability to sequence genes and infer the amino acid sequences of the proteins they encode has revealed unanticipated similarities between proteins in the nervous system and those encountered elsewhere in the body. As a result, it has become possible to establish a general plan for the function of cells, a plan that provides a common conceptual framework for all of cell biology, including cellular neural science. The current challenge in the unification within bi... (查看原文)

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