Medicine, Mind, and the Double Brain
Title | Medicine, Mind, and the Double Brain PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Harrington |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2021-04-13 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0691228175 |
The description for this book, Medicine, Mind, and the Double Brain: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Thought, will be forthcoming.
The History of the Brain and Mind Sciences
Title | The History of the Brain and Mind Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen T. Casper |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1580465951 |
How did epidemics, zoos, German exiles, methamphetamine, disgruntled technicians, modern bureaucracy, museums, and whipping cream shape the emergence of modern neuroscience?
Brain, Mind, and the Structure of Reality
Title | Brain, Mind, and the Structure of Reality PDF eBook |
Author | Paul L. Nunez |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2012-05-24 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0199914648 |
Does the brain create the mind, or is some external entity involved? This book synthesizes ideas borrowed from philosophy, religion, and science. Topics range widely from brain imagining of thought processes to quantum mechanics and the essential role of information in brains and physical systems.
Action, Mind, and Brain
Title | Action, Mind, and Brain PDF eBook |
Author | David A. Rosenbaum |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2022-02-08 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0262368730 |
An engaging and accessible introduction to the psychology and neuroscience of physical action. This engaging and accessible book offers the first introductory text on the psychology and neuroscience of physical action. Written by a leading researcher in the field, it covers the interplay of action, mind, and brain, showing that many core concepts in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and technology grew out of questions about the control of everyday physical actions. It explains action not as a “one-way street from stimuli to response” but as a continual perception-action cycle. The informal writing style invites students to think through the evidence step by step, helping them develop general thinking stills as well as learn specific facts. Special emphasis is placed on the role of underrepresented groups. The book discusses the intellectual background of the field, from Plato to Kant, Dewey, and others; applications and methods; and the physical substrates of action—bones, tendons, ligaments, muscles, and nerves. It considers the control of actions in space; learning, and the roles of nature and nurture; feedback; feedforward, or anticipated feedback; and degrees of freedom—the multiple ways of getting things done and three methods for narrowing the alternatives. The book is generously illustrated, including many images of thinkers who contributed to the field.
The Mind Within the Brain
Title | The Mind Within the Brain PDF eBook |
Author | A. David Redish |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 2013-08 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0199891885 |
With verve and humor in an easily readable style, David Redish brings together cutting edge research in psychology, robotics, economics, neuroscience, and the new fields of neuroeconomics and computational psychiatry, to show how vulnerabilities, or "failure-modes," in the decision-making system can lead to serious dysfunctions, such as irrational behavior, addictions, problem gambling, and PTSD. Ranging widely from the surprising roles of emotion, habit, and narrative in decision-making, to the larger philosophical questions of how mind and brain are related, what makes us human, the nature of morality, free will, and the conundrum of robotics and consciousness, The Mind within the Brain offers fresh insight into one of the most complex aspects of human behavior.
Of Two Minds
Title | Of Two Minds PDF eBook |
Author | Fredric Schiffer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN |
Most people experience themselves as two sided, but have you ever wondered if there are really two minds in each of us? Schiffer gives us overwhelming evidence that each side of our brain possesses an autonomous, distinct personality. This brilliant, provocative book illustrates how the interaction of these two minds actually determines our psychological nature and the emotional problems we may experience. OF TWO MINDS transforms our understanding of how and why we experience emotional distress, and suggests a path to a more harmonious relationship between our two selves.
The Origin of Mind
Title | The Origin of Mind PDF eBook |
Author | David C. Geary |
Publisher | Amer Psychological Assn |
Pages | 459 |
Release | 2005-01-01 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9781591471813 |
"Geary also explores a number of issues that are of interest in modern society, including how general intelligence relates to academic achievement, occupational status, and income."--BOOK JACKET.