Book Archives - Knowing Neurons

Joel Frohlich August 17, 2016June 30, 2017 Algorithms to Live By, Book, Brain, Brian Christian, Computer Science, Read, Review, Science, The Computer Science of Human Decisions, Tom Griffiths

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions, A Review

Responding to the assertion that computers lack intuition, the philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett once (counter-intuitively) argued that computers must have intuition. Ask a computer to calculate the square… Read More

Brain Books

Kate Fehlhaber July 27, 2016June 30, 2017 Book, Brain, Comedian, Dean Burnett, Funny, Guardian, Idiot Brain, Neuroscience, Read, Recommend, Review, What Your Head Is Really Up To

Idiot Brain: What Your Head is Really Up To, A Review

Your brain is the most remarkable thing about you because it makes you you. So, when Dean Burnett, Ph.D. chose to describe all that the brain does to make you… Read More

Brain Books Sensation and Perception

knowingneurons July 13, 2016June 30, 2017 A-beta, and Mind, Book, Braille, Brain, C-fiber, David J. Linden, Heart, Mechanical, Mechanism, Meissner, Merkel, Pacinian, Pain, Pleasure, Receptor, Review, Ruffini, SCN9A, Sense, Sex, social, Touch, Touch: The Science of Hand

Connecting to our Social Selves

Dear Skin, I would like to express my upmost gratitude for the vast amount of receptors you possess. Among my favorites – the practical ones that allow me to find… Read More

Brain Books Consciousness Philosophy

Joel Frohlich January 13, 2016July 10, 2017 Artificial Intelligence, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Book, Brain book, Can machines think, cognitive science, Douglas Hofstader, Escher, Gödel, Hofstadter, Is the brain a computer, Kurt Gödel, logic, mathematician, mathematics, mind, Neuron, paradox, physicist, quantum, riddle, Roger Penrose, Shadows of the Mind, Stuart Hammeroff, The Emperor's New Mind, theorem, Tubulin

Double Book Review: The Emperor’s New Mind and Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

“A barber (who is a man) shaves all and only those men who do not shave themselves. Does he shave himself?” If you can’t solve the above riddle, don’t worry… Read More

Brain Books

Jillian L. Shaw October 28, 2015October 27, 2022 Berit Brogaard, Book, Brain, Kristian Marlow, Review, Synesthesia, The Superhuman Mind

Book Review: The Superhuman Mind

“It turns out that all brain have hidden superhuman abilities. We just have to use the right keys to unlock them. One such key is synesthesia.” So, begins Dr. Berit… Read More