ROBERT NEWMAN

Los autores nos muestran en este libro las asombrosas cualidades saludables y terapéuticas de la granada, que la hacen acreedora del título de reina de las frutas medicinales: reduce el riesgo de contraer ciertos tipos de cancer, enfermedades cardiovasculares e infartos; reduce y previene los efectos dañinos de la oxidacion y de la inflamacion cronica; previene molestias postmenopausicas en las mujeres y problemas de prostata en los hombres; mantiene la funcion cerebral, la salud de las arterias y refuerza el sistema inmunologico; previene la enfermedad de Alzheimer, la osteoartritis y las infecciones.

Are we our brains? How can you map the mind? Can brain scans read our minds? Based on Rob Newmans live stand-up show and new BBC Radio 4 series, his thought-provoking new book explores the scientific breakthroughs that have turned received ideas of brain science upside down. After imagining volunteering for a brain-imaging experiment meant to locate the part of the brain that lights up when youre in love, comedian Robert Newman emerged with more questions than answers. In Neuropolis Newman argues that the current claim that the brain is just a complicated computer derives from science, but from a combination of philosophical stowaways and a version of evolutionary biology that owes little to Darwin. He questions why brain science is devoted to such a peculiarly reductionist world view, when really exciting advances in neuroscience go untold, such as awe-inspiring discoveries about the origins of memory in ancient oceans. He also shows that our brains are inextricably and profoundly intertwined with our bodies, the natural world and the world we have made, including hilarious accounts of his own participation in neurological experiments. Debunking the common, even brainless interpretations of brain science, he celebrates the more intriguing and underreported advances in neuroscience with zest and wit.