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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... result from free discussion.” The lectures have focused on religion, science, and philosophy. If you have truly sampled the books that have flowed from them, you will quickly discover their bone-rattling quality. Some of the greatest ...
... result in a random movement : We want that ice cream in our mouth not on our forehead . Yet , there are those who say that because our brains follow the laws of the physical world , we all , in essence , are zombies , with no volition ...
... result in the loss of a specific ability . He proposed the principles of mass action ( the action of the brain . as ... results of his experiments in which he grafted an additional limb onto a newt , an amphibian in the salamander family ...
... result of a highly specific genetic coding for nerve contacts. He performed dozens of clever experiments to make his point. In one, he simply took a frog and surgically turned the eye upside down. Afterwards, when the frog was shown a ...
... result of actual synaptic reorganization, and the stabilized neuronal connections appear to be the foundation of durable motor memory. Associative learning is another example of how experience can alter neural connectivity. If you have ...
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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