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Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?: A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie Brain by [Timothy Verstynen, Bradley Voytek]

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"Winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Biomedicine & Neuroscience, Association of American Publishers"

"If you've ever wondered which pathologies are responsible for the stiff and murderous personalities of zombies, this actual scientific explainer is the book for you." ― Mental Floss

"Verstynen and Voytek's entertaining book uses zombies to help illustrate human neuroscience. . . . Zombie fans will want this book, and anyone concerned with neuroscience will find the topic made accessible by this lighthearted exploration." ― Library Journal

"Neuroscientists and zombie enthusiasts Timothy Verstynen and Bradley Voytek have recently come out with a new book called Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?, in which they apply their neuroscience backgrounds to an investigation of the undead. It's filled with pages of increasingly nerdy explorations of zombie behavior, and I highly recommend it, but what really caught my eye was the authors' conclusion: All the walking dead have Consciousness Deficit Hypoactivity Disorder, or CDHD."---Kyle Hill, Nerdist

"Voytek and Verstynen serve up an introduction to neuroscience but through the guise of zombies. Each chapter tackles a different zombie behavior and breaks it down through the current neuroscientific understanding of it. It's a kind of Neuroscience 101 that tackles complex ideas in a fun, enjoyable manner." ― KPBS.org

"[Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? is] a quick, cheeky read told by the sort of people who toss out punchlines while watching films such as 28 Days Later and World War Z."---Gary Robbins, U-T San Diego

"[Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?] is smart, informative, historically riveting, well referenced, and like all good zombie stories, wonderfully fun. . . . If you want a sophisticated primer of neuroscience, coupled with a Halloween spin, then there can be no other book."---Steven C. Schlozman, Science

"[T]his book explores the basic neurobiology of one of the most popular nonexistent creatures known to humans. Although the authors begin with a goofy premise--zombie dreams--the topic resonates with their readers, especially those who don't enjoy science." ― TheGuardian.com's Grrlscientist

"Capitalizing on the popularity of zombies, two neuroscientists draw on the odd behavior of the walking dead to serve up some real science about how the brain works." ― Science News

"[I]f you did not like neuroscience before of even gave any thought about it, it is a pretty safe bet that you will after reading this book." ― Bald Scientist

"[The authors] are easy going and conversational, their enthusiasm and expertise evident in equal measure. Their tone is light and the writing accessible, even when dealing with complex or abstract material. . . . [Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep] is engaging, informative, and fast moving, a worthy investment for anyone interested in a basic understanding of how our brains work."---Ben Murphy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Verstynen and Voytek succeed in introducing the brain in a cheeky, entertaining, and accessible format. This book would serve as an excellent introduction to neuroscience for the nonscience major, as a reference for anyone serious about zombie studies, or anyone looking for some scientific entertainment." ― Choice

"[Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?] wades through a lot of information, and with an enthusiastic stride, Verstynen's and Voytek's excitement and passion for their topic is infectious. The illustrations resemble a cult-comic book style… [and] they are fun. And fun is exactly how I would describe the reality of this book." ― Lancet --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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"In Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?, Verstynen and Voytek expertly unravel the mysteries of the zombie brain. Equal parts entertaining and informative, this important and brilliant must-read just might save the world someday. I gobbled it up like a zombie eating brains!"--Matt Mogk, author of Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Zombies

"Verstynen and Voytek have written an entertaining and accessible book that uses the zombie brain to illustrate some of the key principles of neuroscience. Get your teeth into it!"--Mo Costandi, neuroscience blogger for the Guardian

"For too long, neuroscientists have stood on the sidelines while other disciplines have ravenously studied the zombie menace. With this book, Verstynen and Voytek alter that trend and significantly advance the scholarship of the undead. It's about time that humans showed interest in the zombie brain--and not vice versa."--Daniel Drezner, author of Theories of International Politics and Zombies

"A fascinating look at the living brain through the behavior of the fictional undead. Written by respected neuroscientists with a zombie fixation, this is an engaging and light-hearted neuroscience course with a serious point."--Vaughan Bell, King's College London

"Using zombies from popular film to introduce a broad range of neuroscience concepts, this book argues that we can understand the various features of zombie behavior through the lens of neurological and neuroscientific evidence. Fun and engaging, Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? will appeal to a broad readership."--Russell Poldrack, University of Texas, Austin

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KJNWGIM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton University Press (September 22, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 22, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3288 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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  1. Timothy Verstynen

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    Timothy Verstynen is an Assistant Professor in Psychology and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University. By day he is a mild-mannered scientist who studies sensorimotor control, learning and how social and health factors affect the brain. Specifically he is interested in how we plan our actions, how we learn from our past mistakes and how the nature of the brain's wiring constraints cognition.

    By night Dr. Verstynen is a Zombie Scientist, studying the undead in the hopes of educating the public about the brain and the history of neuroscience. It has been said that Dr. Verstynen and zombies share a common taste for brains, except Dr. Verstynen prefers his in digital format.

    Dr. Verstynen has a a general passion for science outreach. He is a regular blogger at Psychology Today, co-hosts a podcast on philosophy and cognitive neuroscience called Axons to Axioms, and has given many public talks on neuroscience and the brain.

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  2. Bradley Voytek

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    Bradley Voytek is a Professor of Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Data Science at UC San Diego. Although he does "real" neuroscience research, you're not here for that stuff. You're here because of his zombie "research". Brad is an award-winning advisor for the Zombie Research Society, and this whole zombie thing has been ridiculously popular. It's been covered by numerous respected media outlets such as National Geographic, Wired, and even the American Academy of Neurology for some reason. His TED-Ed videos about the zombie brain have over a quarter million views.

    Y'all are WILD.

    In his real research, Brad uses a cross-disciplinary approach including neurophysiology, computational modeling, large-scale data analytics, and brain-machine interfacing to understand cognition; to understand how the brain talks to itself.

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