Star Trek On the Brain: Alien Minds, Human Minds

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Das Buch Star Trek On the Brain: Alien Minds, Human Minds beschäftigt sich mit neuro-psychologischen Aspekten des Star-Trek-Universums.

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• It's the twenty-third century, and something has gone terribly wrong. A transporter mishap has cleaved Captain Kirk in two, leaving the U.S.S. Enterprise in the unsteady hands of both the rash and impulsive Kirk I and the meek and indecisive Kirk II. In neurological terms, the accident has damaged the Captain's prefrontal cortex, a part of the brain that stores memories crucial to decision making. („The Enemy Within“ from the original Star Trek series)

Such is the stuff of Robert Sekuler and Randolph Blake's splicing of Star Trek and up-to-date research in psychology and neuroscience in Star Trek on the Brain. The authors' continuing mission: to boldly lead an expedition through the brain and the mind, using anecdotes from Star Trek movies and episodes of the original Star Trek series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. Witness:

• Data, an android, wonders why the smell of perfume is a sexual stimulant for humans. The authors tell us it's because the smell-sensing part of the brain has the power to excite the hypothalamus, a part of the brain that affects sexual and aggressive behavior. („Angel One“ from Star Trek: The Next Generation)
• The Aquitarians implant an electronic device in the brains of their prisoners that jolts them into senseless fits of rage. The device, nicknamed "the clamp." provokes aggression in the prisoners by stimulating the hypothalamus. („The Chute“ from Star Trek: Voyager)
• „It's the lobes,“ says Nog, a Ferengi, explaining the aural acuity of his immense ears. In fact, it is the lobes - the lobes of the cerebrum in Nog's brain (and ours) where sounds are analyzed. („Darkness and Light“ from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Kapitel

1. Star Trek über das Gehirn
2. Warum Spock weinen kann und Data nicht
3. Sex, Meme und Videoband
4. Klingonen sind eben Klingonen
5. Was Geordi sah und was Quark hörte
6. Selbst Raumschiffkapitäne erleiden Amnesie
7. Zerrüttete Gehirne, zerrüttete Psychen
8. Heutige Gehirne, zukünftige Psychen

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