Brain sense : the science of the senses and how we process the world around us /: the science of the senses and how we process the world around us. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Faith Hickman Brynie.
• Other Names: Brynie, Faith Hickman, 1946-
• Contents: Life without touch -- In from the cold -- On which side is your bread buttered? -- Pain and the placebo effect -- Nematodes, haptics, and brain-machine interfaces -- It's Valentine's day-- sniff! -- Do odors dance in your nose? -- Life without scent -- The sweaty scent of sex -- Express train to happiness -- The bitter truth -- Coconut crazy -- Cooking up some brain chemistry -- How to knit a baby taste bud -- Expecting what you taste and tasting what you expect -- The big picture -- Color and memory -- Sizing things up -- On the move -- Vision and the video game -- Hearing, left and right -- Listening and language -- My ears are ringing -- Music and the plastic brain -- Cochlear implant : one man's journey -- Synesthesia : when senses overlap -- If this looks like déjà vu, you ain't seen nuthin' yet -- Feeling a phantom -- Probabilities and the paranormal -- Time.
• Publisher Details: New York : American Management Association
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 152.1; Senses and sensation; PSYCHOLOGY -- Physiological Psychology; Senses and sensation; Sensation -- physiology; Perception -- physiology; Sensation Disorders; Electronic books; Popular Works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780814413265; 0814413269; 9780814413241; 0814413242
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.