6. Drowning, Cooling, Heating, and Starving the Brain

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Torture in Modern Times 7
5. 2. How the Brain Supports Memory and Executive Functions 38
6. 3. Can We Use Technology to Detect Deception? 68
7. 4. What Do Stress and Pain Do to the Brain? 105
8. 5. What Does Sleep Deprivation Do to the Brain? 148
9. 6. Drowning, Cooling, Heating, and Starving the Brain 169
10. 7. Why Does a Torturer Torture? 204
11. 8. Why Torture? Why Not Talk? 240
12. References 275
13. Further Reading 299
14. Acknowledgments 305
15. Index 307