The Science of Hand, Heart and Mind / Touch
The science of the sense that makes us human
(Sprache: Englisch)
Touch is the most important sense we have. Without it, we cannot entirely feel pleasure or pain - we are less than human. In fact, as neuroscientist Linden demonstrates in the astonishing stories gathered here, touch is central to who we are - from choosing...
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Touch is the most important sense we have. Without it, we cannot entirely feel pleasure or pain - we are less than human. In fact, as neuroscientist Linden demonstrates in the astonishing stories gathered here, touch is central to who we are - from choosing our partners to comforting us on our deathbeds. He reveals how it defines us - and how, by understanding it, we can better know ourselves.
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Touch is the most important sense we have. Without it, we cannot entirely feel pleasure or pain - we are less than human.
In fact, as David Linden demonstrates in the astonishing stories gathered here, touch is central to who we are - from choosing our partners to comforting us on our deathbeds.
Exploring the many surprising facts and myths about our sense of touch, Linden reveals how it defines us - and how, by understanding it, we can better know ourselves.
Autoren-Porträt von David J. Linden
David Linden is a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, USA, and the award-winning author of The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God which was a New York Times bestseller. Since 2008 he has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurophysiology, a role at the centre of the neuroscience research community. He lives in Baltimore.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David J. Linden
- 2016, 272 Seiten, Maße: 12,6 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- ISBN-10: 0241184061
- ISBN-13: 9780241184066
- Erscheinungsdatum: 08.02.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Illuminating. Drawing on a wide range of cutting-edge scientific research, Linden provides plenty of insights into how our sense of touch shapes our experience of the world and our idea of self Sunday Times
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