Big brain/ (Record no. 160302)
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| fixed length control field | 00397nam a2200145Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781403979780 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 612.82 |
| Item number | LYN/B |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lynch, Gary |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Big brain/ |
| Sub title | the origins and future of human intelligence |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Gary Lynch, Richard Granger and Cheryl A Cotman |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 259 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Big brains, bigger brains : Introduction ; Biggest brain ; Are bigger brains better? ; Brain and language ; Were Boskops smarter? ; Why haven't we all heard of Boskops? ; Outline of the book --<br/>The mind in the machine : Learning network codes ; Brain circuits vs. computer circuits ; The brain of John Von Neumann --<br/>Genes build brains : How much variation can occur? ; Blueprint systems ; Bundling genes ; Variation is random, but it is constrained --<br/>Brains arrive : First brains ; Brain expansion --<br/>The brains of mammals : Neurons and networks ; Learning --<br/>From olfaction to cognition : From cortex to behavior ; Neocortex --<br/>The thinking brain : Extending thinking over time ; The cortex takes charge --<br/>The tools of thought : Feed back and hierarchies of cortical circuits --<br/>Sequences ; What one brain area tells another brain area ; What's in an image? ; Putting it together: from generalists to specialists ; Memory construction ; Building high-level cognition ; Libraries and labyrinths ; Grammars of the brain --<br/>From brain differences to individual differences : Brain paths ; Brain tracts and differential abilities ; Nature and nurture --<br/>What's in a species? : Definitions ; Fallacies of the notion of race ; Races versus gene pools --<br/>The origins of big brains : Brain size in the primates ; Brain size in the family of man ; Big babies ; On intelligence --<br/>Giant brains : The man of the future ; How giant brains were forgotten ; Inside the giant brain ; Giant brains and intelligence --<br/>All but human : On science ; Differences ; From quantity to quality ; From brain advances to cognitive advances ; From cognition to language ; Learning curve ; From speaking to writing -- |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Brain -- Evolution. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Neurosciences. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Intellect. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Granger, Richard |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cotman, Cheryl A |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 612.82 LYN/B | P15186 | 24/10/2017 | 24/10/2017 | General Books |