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This audiobook narrated by Anand Jagatia tells the extraordinary story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains work
We see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take that? We reach a hand out. In the 2.1 seconds that this impulse travels through our brain, billions of neurons communicate with one another, sending blips of voltage through our sensory and motor regions. Neuroscientists call these blips "spikes." Spikes enable us to do everything: talk, eat, run, see, plan, and decide. In
The Spike, Mark Humphries takes readers on the epic journey of a spike through a single, brief reaction. In vivid language, Humphries tells the story of what happens in our brain, what we know about spikes, and what we still have left to understand about them.
Drawing on decades of research in neuroscience, Humphries explores how spikes are born, how they are transmitted, and how they lead us to action. He dives into previously unanswered mysteries: Why are most neurons silent? What causes neurons to fire spikes spontaneously, without input from other neurons or the outside world? Why do most spikes fail to reach any destination? Humphries presents a new vision of the brain, one where fundamental computations are carried out by spontaneous spikes that predict what will happen in the world, helping us to perceive, decide, and react quickly enough for our survival.
Traversing neuroscience's expansive terrain,
The Spike follows a single electrical response to illuminate how our extraordinary brains work.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature, Psychology
Length6 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byAnand Jagatia
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMar 9, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Anno, Chapter 1 - Introduction
7Chapter 7 - The Meaning of Spike
2Chapter 2 - All or Nothing
8Chapter 8 - A Moving Experience
3Chapter 3 - Legion
9Chapter 9 - Spontaneity
4Chapter 4 - Split Personality
10Chapter 10 - But a Moment in Time
5Chapter 5 - Failure
11Coda: The Future of Spikes, Closing Anno
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