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The Sensory Hand: Neural Mechanisms of Somatic Sensation
Vernon B. Mountcastle
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Description for The Sensory Hand: Neural Mechanisms of Somatic Sensation
Hardcover. Essential reading for anyone interested in how the brain registers sensation and perception. Num Pages: 640 pages, 32 halftones, 121 line illustrations, 19 tables. BIC Classification: MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 217 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1352.
The hand is an organ of considerable capability. With it we feel, point, and reach, we determine the texture and shape of objects we palpate, we emit and receive signs of approval, compassion, condolence, and encouragement, and, on a different register, rejection, threat, dislike, antagonism, and attack.
Vernon Mountcastle has devoted his career to studying the neurophysiology of sensation--the extended sensory surface, consisting of skin and subcutaneous tissue--in the hand. In The Sensory Hand Mountcastle provides an astonishingly comprehensive account of the neural underpinnings of the rich and complex tactile experiences evoked by stimulation of the hand. Mountcastle focuses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674019744
SKU
V9780674019744
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99-1
About Vernon B. Mountcastle
Vernon B. Mountcastle, M.D., was University Professor of Neuroscience, Emeritus, at the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute of Johns Hopkins University and winner of the 1998 National Academy of Sciences Award in Neurosciences.
Reviews for The Sensory Hand: Neural Mechanisms of Somatic Sensation
What is so special about primate hands? Few, if any, are more qualified to answer this question than Vernon Mountcastle. He and his colleagues have been the leading students of somatic sensibility (‘somesthesis’) in primates for over half a century. In The Sensory Hand, he offers an overview of a lifetime of influential, and sometimes controversial, research. The massive treatise ... Read more