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Beyond boundaries : the new neuroscience of connecting brains with machines--and how it will change our lives / Miguel Nicolelis.

By: Nicolelis, Miguel.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Times Books, 2011Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 353 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780805090529; 0805090525.Subject(s): Brain-computer interfaces | Thought and thinking | Neurosciences | Brain | MachineryDDC classification: 003/.5
Contents:
What is thinking? -- Brainstorm chasers -- The simulated body -- Listening to the cerebral symphony -- How rats escape from cats -- Freeing aurora's brain -- Self control -- A mind's voyage around the real world -- The man whose body was a plane -- Shaping and sharing minds -- The monster hidden in the brain -- Computing with a relativistic brain -- Back to the stars.
Summary: Draws on ground-breaking brain research to assess the potential of thought-controlled machines, which may enable significant technological advances in areas ranging from health care and manufacturing to global communication and space exploration.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is thinking? -- Brainstorm chasers -- The simulated body -- Listening to the cerebral symphony -- How rats escape from cats -- Freeing aurora's brain -- Self control -- A mind's voyage around the real world -- The man whose body was a plane -- Shaping and sharing minds -- The monster hidden in the brain -- Computing with a relativistic brain -- Back to the stars.

Draws on ground-breaking brain research to assess the potential of thought-controlled machines, which may enable significant technological advances in areas ranging from health care and manufacturing to global communication and space exploration.

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