Touch by David J Linden
Exploring the many surprising facts and myths about our sense of touch, this book reveals how it defines us - and how, by understanding it, we can better know ourselves.
IlluminatingDrawing on a wide range of cutting-edge scientific research, Linden provides plenty of insights into how our sense of touch shapes our experience of the world and our idea of self * Sunday Times *
This book is excellent. It tells you why footballers hug each other when a goal is scored, and why there are vampire bats. Linden is very good and clear on the raw neurology * Spectator *
Absorbing. The bizarre vagaries of touch affect us all, [and] all this is backed up with a good deal of hard neuroscience. Following Linden's thread is worth it * The Times *
Most of us take the tactile senses for granted. You won't after reading this book. The best science writers infect you with their fascination for the subject - that's exactly what Linden achieves here * BBC Focus *
A treasure trove for anyone wanting to decode the frisson of a lover's caress * Playboy *
Will make you think more deeply about every itch, scrape and caress * Washington Post *
Fascinating. This book has changed my life -- Salley Vickers * Observer *
This book is excellent. It tells you why footballers hug each other when a goal is scored, and why there are vampire bats. Linden is very good and clear on the raw neurology * Spectator *
Absorbing. The bizarre vagaries of touch affect us all, [and] all this is backed up with a good deal of hard neuroscience. Following Linden's thread is worth it * The Times *
Most of us take the tactile senses for granted. You won't after reading this book. The best science writers infect you with their fascination for the subject - that's exactly what Linden achieves here * BBC Focus *
A treasure trove for anyone wanting to decode the frisson of a lover's caress * Playboy *
Will make you think more deeply about every itch, scrape and caress * Washington Post *
Fascinating. This book has changed my life -- Salley Vickers * Observer *
A touching story? A tactless comment? So elemental is the sense of touch that it permeates metaphors we live by. Linden explores the 'weird, complex, and often counter-intuitive' tactile system and its intimate impact on the human experience
David Linden is a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, USA, and the award-winning author of The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God which was a New York Times bestseller. Since 2008 he has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurophysiology, a role at the centre of the neuroscience research community. He lives in Baltimore.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241184066 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241184061 |
| Title | Touch |
| Author | David J Linden |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-02-11 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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