Nature's Mind

Biological Roots of Thinking, Emotions, Sexuality and Intelligence

Michael S. Gazzaniga (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

1994
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
9780140232042 (ISBN)

Infos

An analysis of the way in which science is reshaping the question of "nature" versus "nurture". Discoveries in biology, brain science and cognitive science led to a new view of human behaviour in which natural selection affects everything from clinical depression to the development of language.

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This is an analysis of the way in which science is reshaping the age-old question of "nature" versus "nurture". Recent discoveries in biology, brain science and cognitive science have led to a new view of human behaviour; a view in which natural selection affects everything from clinical depression to the development of language. Gazzaniga, a neuroscientist, assesses the findings and looks at the implications of the radical new "selection theory" which links thinking, emotions, sexuality, language and intelligence.

Inhalt

Introduction: selection versus instruction. A lesson from biology - modern immunology; the plastic brain and selection theory; the developing mind - the interaction of genes and environment; language and selection theory; specialized brain circuits - selecting for intelligence; selecting for mind; addictions, compulsions, and selection theory; selection theory and the death of psychoanalysis; health care, aging and selection theory; selection, theory and clues to the nature of conscious experience.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.1.1994
• Reihe/Serie: Penguin Science S.
• Zusatzinfo: reading list, index
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 233 mm
• Gewicht: 363 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• ISBN-13: 9780140232042 / 9780140232042
• Zustand: Neuware