Introducing Mind And Brain

Angus Gellatly (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2005
Icon Books (Verlag)
978-1-84046-638-6 (ISBN)

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Explains what the sciences have to say about these topics. It traces the historical development of ideas about the brain and its function from antiquity to the age of neuro-imaging. Contrasting the seemingly bizarre consequences of head injury with the workaday triumphs of the healthy brain.

This book examines a profound and mysterious puzzle: how does the biological tissue that makes up the brain give rise to the activities that our culture refers to as 'the mind'? How does the three pounds of electric sponge stowed in the top of your head allow you to experience enchantment in front of the evening landscape, and then make you remember the shopping, say 'Damn!' and head off to the supermarket? It explains what the sciences have to say about planning and action, language, memory, attention, emotions and vision. It traces the historical development of ideas about the brain and its function from antiquity to the age of neuro-imaging. Through a clear combination of words and images, the reader is invited to take a fresh look at the nature of mind, consciousness and personal identity.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.4.2005
Reihe/Serie	INTRODUCING
Verlagsort	Duxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	141 x 210 mm
Gewicht	262 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
ISBN-10	1-84046-638-3 / 1840466383
ISBN-13	978-1-84046-638-6 / 9781840466386
Zustand	Neuware