Overview
¿Qué es el cerebro y de qué está hecho? ¿Cuáles son sus funciones? ¿Percibimos fielmente el mundo? ¿En qué nos diferenciamos de las computadoras? ¿Por qué dormimos y soñamos? ¿Cómo funciona la memoria?
Estas y otras preguntas son las que el destacado neurocientífico Pedro Maldonado ha escuchado en salones de clase, en conferencias y hasta en su propia casa. Ante el interés y la curiosidad que despierta el sistema más complejo del universo, Maldonado decidió abordar estas interrogantes, señalándonos que, por ejemplo, las diferentes áreas del cerebro no cumplen una única función, que el «efecto Mozart» no es más que un «neuromito» o que la experiencia visual es una construcción mental. Esto, con el propósito de compartir todo lo que sabe sobre esta asombrosa y compleja máquina biológica, capaz de realizar un sinnúmero de funciones distintas y que es la que nos hace, sobre todo, diversos y únicos como personas.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A fascinating journey through the brain: its structure, its capabilities, its limitations, and how it builds the reality in which we live.
What is the brain and what is it made of? What are Its duties? Do we perceive the world as it really is? How do we differentiate ourselves from computers? Why do we sleep and dream? How does memory work?
These and other questions are what the prominent neuroscientist Pedro Maldonado has heard in classrooms, at conferences, and even in his own home. Given the interest and curiosity aroused by the most complex system in the universe, Maldonado decided to address these questions, pointing out that, for example, different areas of the brain do not fulfill a single function, that the "Mozart effect" is nothing more than a “neuromyth,” or that the visual experience is a mental construct. This, with the purpose of sharing everything he knows about this amazing and complex biological machine, capable of performing countless different functions and that is what makes us, above all, diverse and unique as people.
This book title, ¿Por qué tenemos el cerebro en la cabeza? / Why Do We Have Our Brain in Our Head?: Questions and answers about the most complex system in the universe, ISBN: 9786073187589, by Pedro Maldonado, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (June 23, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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