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ISBN: 9780262044059
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2020
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Pages: 368
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Why do we reflexively run toward people we love, but only walk toward others? In Vigor, Reza Shadmehr and Alaa Ahmed examine the link between how the brain assigns value to things and how it controls our movements. They find that brain regions thought to be principally involved in decision making also affect movement vigor-and that brain regions thought to be principally responsible for movement also bias patterns of decision making.
Shadmehr and Ahmed first consider the relationship of value and vigor from a behavioral and mathematical perspective, considering a series of fascinating observations-including, for example, data showing that people in certain cities tend to walk faster than those living elsewhere-through the lens of optimal foraging theory. They then go on to explore the neural basis of vigor and valuation, synthesizing results from experiments that have measured activity in various brain structures and neuromodulators, including dopamine and serotonin. They speculate that in the future, technologies may be able to predict our personal preferences by measuring our movements; through the vigor with which we move, we unwittingly reveal one of our well-guarded secrets- how much we value the object of our attention.
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ISBN: 9780262044059
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2020
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Pages: 368
Description:
Why do we reflexively run toward people we love, but only walk toward others? In Vigor, Reza Shadmehr and Alaa Ahmed examine the link between how the brain assigns value to things and how it controls our movements. They find that brain regions thought to be principally involved in decision making also affect movement vigor-and that brain regions thought to be principally responsible for movement also bias patterns of decision making.
Shadmehr and Ahmed first consider the relationship of value and vigor from a behavioral and mathematical perspective, considering a series of fascinating observations-including, for example, data showing that people in certain cities tend to walk faster than those living elsewhere-through the lens of optimal foraging theory. They then go on to explore the neural basis of vigor and valuation, synthesizing results from experiments that have measured activity in various brain structures and neuromodulators, including dopamine and serotonin. They speculate that in the future, technologies may be able to predict our personal preferences by measuring our movements; through the vigor with which we move, we unwittingly reveal one of our well-guarded secrets- how much we value the object of our attention.
This product has FREE shipping however combined shipping for other products is not available with this item. Please allow up to 10 days for shipping.
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