Neuroscience
An article written by Carl Zimmer for the September issue of Discover magazine:
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The Dark Matter of the Human Brain
Meet the forgotten 90 percent of your brain: glial cells, which outnumber your neurons ten to one. And no one really knows what they do.
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Neuropsychology and neuroscience students" One of Carl's books, Soul Made Flesh, is an excellent story about Thomas Willis and his times. Must-read history about neuropsychology, alongside that of the later times of Broca, Wernicke, and Hughlings Jackson.
- Carl Zimmer On The Blood-brain Barrier
On the Discover Magazine website: Maybe You Do Need a Hole in Your Head—to Let the Medicine In Carl Zimmer November 2011 Read the article...
- Self-awareness
The November 2005 issue of Scientific American includes an article by Carl Zimmer, The Neurobiology of the Self. Update 26 October 2005 - Carl Zimmer has placed a link to a .pdf version of this article on his blog. - Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience...
- Carl Zimmer Re-aired On Whyy's Fresh Air
While looking at the recent shows of Terry Gross's interview show, I noticed that she recently re-aired a February 2004 interview with Carl Zimmer about his book Soul Made Flesh (the story of Thomas Willis and the founding of neurology). The audio...
- Dr. Michael Gazzaniga
Today's New York Times included an interview with Dr. Michael Gazzaniga, an eminent neuroscientist who is currently the director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth. The article - A Career Spent Learning How the Mind Emerges From...
- Carl Zimmer's Blog
Carl Zimmer is a very readable writer of popular science. His most recent work is a biography of Thomas Willis, entitled Soul Made Flesh. I hadn't realized, until this afternoon, what an excellent blog he writes. Now, I do. His blog, The Loom, can...
Neuroscience
Glia
An article written by Carl Zimmer for the September issue of Discover magazine:
read the article
The Dark Matter of the Human Brain
Meet the forgotten 90 percent of your brain: glial cells, which outnumber your neurons ten to one. And no one really knows what they do.
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Neuropsychology and neuroscience students" One of Carl's books, Soul Made Flesh, is an excellent story about Thomas Willis and his times. Must-read history about neuropsychology, alongside that of the later times of Broca, Wernicke, and Hughlings Jackson.
- Carl Zimmer On The Blood-brain Barrier
On the Discover Magazine website: Maybe You Do Need a Hole in Your Head—to Let the Medicine In Carl Zimmer November 2011 Read the article...
- Self-awareness
The November 2005 issue of Scientific American includes an article by Carl Zimmer, The Neurobiology of the Self. Update 26 October 2005 - Carl Zimmer has placed a link to a .pdf version of this article on his blog. - Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience...
- Carl Zimmer Re-aired On Whyy's Fresh Air
While looking at the recent shows of Terry Gross's interview show, I noticed that she recently re-aired a February 2004 interview with Carl Zimmer about his book Soul Made Flesh (the story of Thomas Willis and the founding of neurology). The audio...
- Dr. Michael Gazzaniga
Today's New York Times included an interview with Dr. Michael Gazzaniga, an eminent neuroscientist who is currently the director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth. The article - A Career Spent Learning How the Mind Emerges From...
- Carl Zimmer's Blog
Carl Zimmer is a very readable writer of popular science. His most recent work is a biography of Thomas Willis, entitled Soul Made Flesh. I hadn't realized, until this afternoon, what an excellent blog he writes. Now, I do. His blog, The Loom, can...