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Beyond Boundaries

The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines---and How It Will Change Our Lives

By: Miguel Nicolelis

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Beyond Boundaries

The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines---and How It Will Change Our Lives

By: Miguel Nicolelis

A pioneering neuroscientist shows how the long-sought merger of brains with machines is about to become a paradigm-shifting reality Imagine living in a world where people use their computers, drive their cars, and communicate with one another simply by thinking. In this stunning and inspiring work, Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis shares his revolutionary insights into how the brain creates thought and the human sense of self—and how this might be augmented by machines, so that the entire universe will be within our reach. Beyond Boundaries draws on Nicolelis's ground-breaking research with monkeys that he taught to control the movements of a robot located halfway around the globe by using brain signals alone. Nicolelis's work with primates has uncovered a new method for capturing brain function—by recording rich neuronal symphonies rather than the activity of single neurons. His lab is now paving the way for a new treatment for Parkinson's, silk-thin exoskeletons to grant mobility to the paralyzed, and breathtaking leaps in space exploration, global communication, manufacturing, and more. Beyond Boundaries promises to reshape our concept of the technological future, to a world filled with promise and hope.

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142995079X

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The True Creator of Everything

How the Human Brain Shaped the Universe as We Know It

By: Miguel Nicolelis

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How the Human Brain Shaped the Universe as We Know It

By: Miguel Nicolelis

A radically new cosmological view from a groundbreaking neuroscientist placing the human brain at the center of humanity’s universe Renowned neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis introduces readers to a revolutionary new theory of how the human brain evolved to become an organic computer without rival in the known universe. Nicolelis undertakes the first attempt to explain the entirety of human history, culture, and civilization based on a series of recently uncovered key principles of brain function. This new cosmology is centered around three fundamental properties of the human brain: its insurmountable malleability to adapt and learn; its exquisite ability to allow multiple individuals to synchronize their minds around a task, goal, or belief; and its incomparable capacity for abstraction. Combining insights from such diverse fields as neuroscience, mathematics, evolution, computer science, physics, history, art, and philosophy, Nicolelis presents a neurobiologically based manifesto for the uniqueness of the human mind and a cautionary tale of the threats that technology poses to present and future generations.

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Yale University Press

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0300248881

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The True Creator of Everything

By: Miguel Nicolelis

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A radically new cosmological view from a groundbreaking neuroscientist who places the human brain at the center of humanity's universe Renowned neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis introduces a revolutionary new theory of how the human brain evolved to become an organic computer without rival in the known universe. He undertakes the first attempt to explain the entirety of human history, culture, and civilization based on a series of recently uncovered key principles of brain function. This new cosmology is centered around three fundamental properties of the human brain: its insurmountable malleability to adapt and learn; its exquisite ability to allow multiple individuals to synchronize their minds around a task, goal, or belief; and its incomparable capacity for abstraction. Combining insights from such diverse fields as neuroscience, mathematics, evolution, computer science, physics, history, art, and philosophy, Nicolelis presents a neurobiologically based manifesto for the uniqueness of the human mind and a cautionary tale of the threats that technology poses to present and future generations.

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Beyond Boundaries

The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines---and How It Will Change Our Lives

By: Miguel Nicolelis

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The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines---and How It Will Change Our Lives

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The True Creator of Everything

How the Human Brain Shapes Our Universe

By: Miguel Nicolelis

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The True Creator of Everything

How the Human Brain Shapes Our Universe

By: Miguel Nicolelis

A breathtaking exploration of the power of our brains to bring order and creativity to the universe In 2014, Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis designed a robotic suit which enabled Juliano Pinto, a young Brazilian paraplegic, to kick off the ceremonial first ball of the World Cup--using only his mind. In The True Creator of Everything, Nicolelis offers a brand new theory that both explains how he accomplished this near-miraculous feat and demands a total reappraisal of the brain's capabilities. While many see the brain as little more than a fleshy, obsolescent computer, Nicolelis argues instead that the brain is the most powerful processor the Universe has ever known, and one that, in a deeper sense, creates the entire world and reality that we experience as humans. Branching across neuroscience, physics, computer science, art history and beyond, this book will revolutionize our understanding of the human mind and the wonders it can create.

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0465096034

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9780465096039

Functional Anatomy of the Sleep-Wakefulness Cycle: Wakefulness

By: Fernando Reinoso-Suárez,Isabel de Andrés,Miguel Garzón

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Functional Anatomy of the Sleep-Wakefulness Cycle: Wakefulness

By: Fernando Reinoso-Suárez,Isabel de Andrés,Miguel Garzón

Sleep is a necessary, active, diverse and periodic condition, homeostatically regulated and precisely meshed with waking time into the sleep-wakefulness cycle. The authors present a detailed and updated review of the structures involved in the phase of wakefulness, including their morphological, functional and chemical characteristics, as well as their anatomical connections

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642146260

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9783642146268

The Relativistic Brain

How It Works and Why It Cannot Be Simulated by a Turing Machine

By: Miguel Nicolelis,Ronald Cicurel

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The Relativistic Brain

How It Works and Why It Cannot Be Simulated by a Turing Machine

By: Miguel Nicolelis,Ronald Cicurel

In this monograph, a mathematician and a neurobiologist join forces to address one of the most crucial and controversial scientific questions of our times: can the exquisite capacities of the human brain be simulated by any digital computer? By combining mathematical, computational, neurobiological and evolutionary arguments, Ronald Cicurel and Miguel Nicolelis refute the possibility that any Turing machine will ever succeed in such a simulation. As part of their argument, the authors propose a new theory for brain function: the Relativistic Brain Theory. This theory accounts for decades of neurophysiological and psychological findings and observations that until now have challenged the dominant dogma in neuroscience. Altogether, this monograph contains the inaugural manifesto of a movement intended to emphasize the uniqueness of human nature while discrediting pseudo-scientific predictions that the replacement of humans by machines is imminent. In the authors' opinion, the misguided and misleading belief that digital machines can emulate all human behaviors defines one of the greatest threats that society faces in the future to preserve our way of life, our human culture and our freedom.

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1723985406

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Beyond Boundaries

Beyond Boundaries

The True Creator of Everything

The True Creator of Everything

The True Creator of Everything

The True Creator of Everything

Beyond Boundaries

Beyond Boundaries

The True Creator of Everything

The True Creator of Everything

Functional Anatomy of the Sleep-Wakefulness Cycle: Wakefulness

Functional Anatomy of the Sleep-Wakefulness Cycle: Wakefulness

The Relativistic Brain

The Relativistic Brain

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