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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... specific lesion would result in the loss of a specific ability . He proposed the principles of mass action ( the action of the brain . as a whole determines its performance ) and equipotentiality ( any part of the brain can carry out a ...
... specific neuronal connections worked that was important and shied away from the ideas of mass action and equipotentiality . He had already rejected the ideas of Ivan Pavlov , the great Russian physiologist , who had seen the brain as ...
... specific brain areas had used that information in different, particular ways. The question remained, however, how did the networks form? In short, how does the brain develop? The foundational work that became the backbone of modern ...
... 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 fly, his tongue went ...
... specific way , genetically determined , and that we arrive from the baby factory mostly prewired . This explanation , however , while explaining most of the facts , didn't explain all the data that continued to pour in from ongoing ...
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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