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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... things is what a Gifford lecture is all about, and I found myself wanting to throw in my own two cents' worth. Though submitting my own perspective in that forum is as scary as it is heady, I do want to show that all of the spectacular ...
... thing he did than he had ever done . Humans are the last word , even though we can feel occasionally pretty ... things , and simply live . We seemingly don't puzzle the meaning of life most of the time . We want to live life ...
... thing? Let's get a corpse, open up the skull, and take a look. Let's make holes in it. Let's study people with stroke. Let's try to record electrical signals from it. Let's see how it hooks itself up during development. As you will see ...
... things up . He later suggested that if the immune system works on this selection process , then most likely other systems do , too , including the brain . Jerne wrote an article in 1967 , entitled " Antibodies and Learning : Selection ...
... It would have defied gravity. You expect objects to conform to a set of rules, and if they don't, you stare at them. You would have stared at that cup even if you had never learned about gravity in school. The same thing applies to a baby.
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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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