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Making up the Mind
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How the Brain Creates Our Mental World
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Artikel-Nr:
9781405172714
Veröffentl:
2009
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
248
Autor:
Chris Frith
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Written by one of the world s leading neuroscientists, Making Up the Mind is the first accessible account of experimental studies showing how the brain creates our mental world. Uses evidence from brain imaging, psychological experiments and studies of patients to explore the relationship between the mind and the brain Demonstrates that our knowledge of both the mental and physical comes to us through models created by our brain Shows how the brain makes communication of ideas from one mind to another possible
Written by one of the world's leading neuroscientistsMaking Up the Mind is the first accessible account ofexperimental studies showing how the brain creates our mentalworld.* * Uses evidence from brain imaging, psychological experiments andstudies of patients to explore the relationship between the mindand the brain* Demonstrates that our knowledge of both the mental and physicalcomes to us through models created by our brain* Shows how the brain makes communication of ideas from one mindto another possible
Prologue: Real scientists don't study the mind.Part I: Seeing through the brain's illusions:.1. Clues from a damaged brain.2. What a normal brain tells us about the world.3. What the brain tells us about our bodies.Part II: How the brain does it:.4. Getting ahead by prediction.5. Our perception of the world is a fantasy that coincides withreality.6. How brains model minds.Part III: Culture and the brain:.7. Sharing minds - How the brain creates culture.Epilogue: Me and my Brain.References/Further Reading