Neurobiological Background of Exploration Geosciences: New Methods for Data Analysis Based on Cognitive Criteria examines the neurobiological background of earth science disciplines. It presents the fundamental features of the human brain that form the cognitive basis of exploration geophysics and investigates how their analysis can drive the development of new brain-based technologies. Crucial aspects of human cognition include the impulse to explore the environment, the ability of our brain to create mental maps and virtual images of the world, and the human ability to recognize, integrate and save patterns of information in a shared memory.
Geoscience technology can be made more effective by taking the working neurobiological principles of our brains into account. This book is appropriate for multiple audiences, including neuroscientists, cognitive scientists and geoscientists, presenting both theoretical and experimental results.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. ix 6. Part I. Two (Apparently) Different Worlds - p. xii 7. Chapter 1. The Exploratory Brain - p. 3 8. Chapter 2. Cognitive Geosciences - p. 9 9. Part II. Bridging the Gap - p. 30 10. Chapter 3. Exploration - p. 33 11. Chapter 4. Imaging - p. 65 12. Chapter 5. Recognition - p. 95 13. Chapter 6. Integration - p. 115 14. Part III. Brain-Basedtechnologies and Brain Empowerment - p. 135 15. Chapter 7. Brain-Based Technologies - p. 139 16. Chapter 8. Applications to Education in Geosciences - p. 171 17. Chapter 9. From Information to Significance - p. 185 18. Chapter 10. Neuroplasticity and Brain Empowerment in Exploration Geosciences - p. 201 19. Epilogue - p. 219 20. Appendix 1. Overview About Inversion - p. 223 21. Appendix 2. Overview About Simultaneous Joint Inversion - p. 227 22. Index - p. 231
Neurobiological Background of Exploration Geosciences: New Methods for Data Analysis Based on Cognitive Criteria examines the neurobiological background of earth science disciplines. It presents the fundamental features of the human brain that form the cognitive basis of exploration geophysics and investigates how their analysis can drive the development of new brain-based technologies. Crucial aspects of human cognition include the impulse to explore the environment, the ability of our brain to create mental maps and virtual images of the world, and the human ability to recognize, integrate and save patterns of information in a shared memory.
Geoscience technology can be made more effective by taking the working neurobiological principles of our brains into account. This book is appropriate for multiple audiences, including neuroscientists, cognitive scientists and geoscientists, presenting both theoretical and experimental results.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. ix 6. Part I. Two (Apparently) Different Worlds - p. xii 7. Chapter 1. The Exploratory Brain - p. 3 8. Chapter 2. Cognitive Geosciences - p. 9 9. Part II. Bridging the Gap - p. 30 10. Chapter 3. Exploration - p. 33 11. Chapter 4. Imaging - p. 65 12. Chapter 5. Recognition - p. 95 13. Chapter 6. Integration - p. 115 14. Part III. Brain-Basedtechnologies and Brain Empowerment - p. 135 15. Chapter 7. Brain-Based Technologies - p. 139 16. Chapter 8. Applications to Education in Geosciences - p. 171 17. Chapter 9. From Information to Significance - p. 185 18. Chapter 10. Neuroplasticity and Brain Empowerment in Exploration Geosciences - p. 201 19. Epilogue - p. 219 20. Appendix 1. Overview About Inversion - p. 223 21. Appendix 2. Overview About Simultaneous Joint Inversion - p. 227 22. Index - p. 231
