From the first unicellular life on Earth, living things have had the capacity to sense heat and cold and to avoid extreme temperatures. With the development of a bigger brain and a constant body temperature, mammals were able to change their habitats. The interplay between behavior, body temperature, and ambient temperature may have played a crucial role in human evolution. In this book Carl Gisolfi and Francisco Mora tell the evolutionary story of the brain and thermoregulation, with an emphasis on modern humans.
The book first traces the story of the brain throughout evolution and shows how the control of body temperature as a survival mechanism was achieved. It then goes on to discuss the mechanisms of our environmental independence, why a body temperature of 37° C (only five degrees from death) is essential for humans and how this narrow temperature range is defended. It describes how we cope with environmental extremes, the function of fevers, and why thermoregulation is best understood through a combination of physiological and cognitive approaches. It also addresses such questions as "Can we cool the brain?" and "Is the elevation in brain temperature (a hot brain) the reason we stop exercising?"

The Hot Brain: Survival, Temperature, and the Human Body

Medical Books

Mora, Francisco

Gisolfi, Carl V.

Basic Sciences

Bradford Books

From the first unicellular life on Earth, living things have had the capacity to sense heat and cold and to avoid extreme temperatures. With the development of a bigger brain and a constant body temperature, mammals were able to change their habitats. The interplay between behavior, body temperature, and ambient temperature may have played a crucial role in human evolution. In this book Carl Gisolfi and Francisco Mora tell the evolutionary story of the brain and thermoregulation, with an emphasis on modern humans.The book first traces the story of the brain throughout evolution and shows how the control of body temperature as a survival mechanism was achieved. It then goes on to discuss the mechanisms of our environmental independence, why a body temperature of 37° C (only five degrees from death) is essential for humans and how this narrow temperature range is defended. It describes how we cope with environmental extremes, the function of fevers, and why thermoregulation is best understood through a combination of physiological and cognitive approaches. It also addresses such questions as "Can we cool the brain?" and "Is the elevation in brain temperature (a hot brain) the reason we stop exercising?"

Science & Math

Gisolfi, Carl V. V.

Biological Sciences

MIT Press]

"A bilingual account of some of the animals and sounds commonly found in the Southwestern desert. Each double-page spread depicts a vast expanse of light blue sky with four lines of text--two in English and two in Spanish--on the verso, and a different creature or scene on the recto. . . . The translations are appropriate and provide an excellent opportunity to compare the sounds in the two languages. . . . The illustrations evoke Native American art in shapes and colors, and the bottoms of the pages are adorned with geometric designs. This book is a good choice for reading aloud; young audiences will enjoy the predictable, repetitive text, and its bilingual format enhances its appeal in a variety of multicultural settings."--School Library Journal

Listen to the Desert/Oye al Desierto (Spanish Edition)

Children's Books

Mora, Pat

Literature & Fiction

Clarion Books

Neuroeducación: Solo se puede aprender aquello que se ama

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Alianza Editorial

Este libro propone la existencia de una nueva profesión, la de «neuroeducador», en el contexto general de ese gran capítulo que es la educación. Se trata una propuesta inspirada, en su esencia, en la cada vez más estrecha convergencia entre la ciencia y las humanidades, y tiene su fundamento básico en las premisas generales del trabajo que Francisco Mora viene desarrollando desde hace décadas en el ámbito de la neuroeducación. Ante el inmenso campo abierto que representa la interacción de múltiples disciplinas que se retroalimentan, y que darán luz, esperanzadoramente, a nuevos y fructíferos conocimientos acerca de la educación, cada vez parece más necesaria la aparición de un nuevo género de maestros y profesores: los neuroeducadores.

Neuroeducador. Una nueva profesión

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Diccionario de neurociencia (Spanish Edition)

Reference

Sanguinetti, Ana María

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

¿Está nuestro cerebro diseñado para la felicidad? (Spanish Edition)

Neuroeducación: Solo se puede aprender aquello que se ama (Spanish Edition)

La idea del Dios único y universal es muy joven. Nació a la vez que la escritura, hace apenas unos 5.000 años. ¿Por qué

El dios de cada uno: Por qué la neurociencia niega la existencia de un dios universal (Spanish Edition)

History

World

Mitos y verdades del cerebro: Limpar el mundo de falsedades y otras historias

Ediciones Paidós

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