Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the BrainHarper Collins, 15 nov 2011 - 313 pagina's “Big questions are Gazzaniga’s stock in trade.” “Gazzaniga is one of the most brilliant experimental neuroscientists in the world.” “Gazzaniga stands as a giant among neuroscientists, for both the quality of his research and his ability to communicate it to a general public with infectious enthusiasm.” The author of Human, Michael S. Gazzaniga has been called the “father of cognitive neuroscience.” In his remarkable book, Who’s in Charge?, he makes a powerful and provocative argument that counters the common wisdom that our lives are wholly determined by physical processes we cannot control. His well-reasoned case against the idea that we live in a “determined” world is fascinating and liberating, solidifying his place among the likes of Oliver Sacks, Antonio Damasio, V.S. Ramachandran, and other bestselling science authors exploring the mysteries of the human brain. |
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... explain the route and some of the detours that we have taken to reach our current knowledge of the brain and review what we currently know about how it works. To understand some of the claims that have been made about living in a ...
... explain the mechanisms, and in doing so we best take the advice of Sherlock Holmes, who was known for his scientific method: “The difficulty is to detach the framework of fact—of absolute undeniable fact— from the embellishments of ...
... explained behavior , and that psychology and biology of an organism could not be separated , a well - accepted idea now , but unusual at the time . Contrary to the behaviorists who thought that the brain merely reacted to stimuli , he ...
... explanation of nerve growth, where functional activity played a predominant role in the formation of neural circuitry. In 1938, the year that he began his research, other rumblings against the doctrine of the functional plasticity of ...
... explain the persistence of a common plan of organization or a blueprint for development in every mammal examined, and the existence of vestigial sensory apparatus and cortical areas in mammals that do not appear to use a particular 14 ...
Inhoudsopgave
Chapter Two The Parallel and Distributed Brain | |
Chapter Three The Interpreter | |
Chapter Four Abandoning the Concept of Free Will | |
Chapter Five The Social Mind | |
Chapter Six We Are the | |
Chapter Seven An Afterword | |
Index | |
Also by Michael S Gazzaniga | |
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