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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... neurons can control the movements of a robot in Japan. Not only that, the nerve impulse travels to Japan faster than it can travel to that monkey's own leg! Closer to home, take a look at your dinner. If you are lucky, tonight you might ...
... neurons ? He had found that transplanted salamander limbs would become innervated and capable of learning movement that was fully coordinated and synchronized with the adjacent limb . Roger Sperry , Weiss's student and later my mentor ...
... Neurons that fire together , wire together " and forms the basis of Hebb's proposals for learning and memory . He proposed that groups of neurons that fire together make up what he called a cell assembly . Neurons in the assembly can ...
... neurons were not interchangeable. Next he tried the sensory system, transposing the skin nerves from one foot to another. Once again the rats continued to have false reference sensations: when the right foot was shocked, they would lift ...
... neuron growth, neurons grow out to find their connection in the brain by sending out little filopodia (slender cytoplasmic projections from the cell) to see which way to go—testing the waters so to speak—and because of a chemical ...
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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