Making up the mind : how the brain creates our mental world / Chris Frith.
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TextPublication details: Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2007Description: xii, 234 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), portsISBN: 9781405172714 (ebook)Subject(s): Philosophy of mind | Cognitive neuroscience | Health and Wellbeing | Psychology | Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychologyGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9781405160223Summary: It is our brains that make us human and create human society and culture. This text presents an account of the experimental studies linking mind and brain aimed at the general reader. The author explores how mental activity in the human mind can arise from physical activity in the human brain. 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
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-217) and index.
It is our brains that make us human and create human society and culture. This text presents an account of the experimental studies linking mind and brain aimed at the general reader. The author explores how mental activity in the human mind can arise from physical activity in the human brain. 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
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781405160223
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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