The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2008
Summary
Your body has a mind of its own. You know it’s true. You can sense it, even though it may be hard to articulate. You know that your body is more than a vehicle for your brain to cruise around in, but how deeply are mind and body truly interwoven?
Answers can be found in the emerging science of body maps. Just as road maps represent interconnections across the landscape, your many body maps represent all aspects of your bodily self. Your self doesn’t begin and end with your physical bo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812975277 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812975278 |
| Author: | Sandra Blakeslee, Matthew Blakeslee |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 131mm x 13mm |
About The Author
Sandra Blakeslee
Sandra Blakeslee is a regular contributor to The New York Times who specializes in the brain sciences. She has co-written many books, including Phantoms in the Brain with V. S. Ramachandran, On Intelligence with Jeff Hawkins, and Second Chances- Men, Women and Children a Decade After Divorce with Judith S. Wallerstein. She is the third generation in a family of science writers.
Matthew Blakeslee is a freelance science writer in Los Angeles. He represents the fourth generation of Blakeslee science writers. This is his first book.
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