Creating mind. How the brain works
Editorial W. W. NORTON & COMPANY
España peninsular
- Editorial W. W. NORTON & COMPANY
- ISBN13 9780393027464
- ISBN10 0393027465
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 212
- Año de Edición 1999
- Encuadernación Tela
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Filosofía De La MenteCreating mind. How the brain works
Editorial W. W. NORTON & COMPANY
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
From a distinguished teacher and scholar, this beautifully illustrated and lucidly written book reveals the beauty of the organ that makes us uniquely human. What makes us human and unique among all creatures is our brain. Consciousness, perception, emotion, memory, learning, language, and intelligence all originate in and depend on the brain. Over the past century, our understanding of the brain has raced forward to reveal many of the mechanisms by which the brain creates mind and consciousness. In this brief introduction to the brain, neuroscientist John Dowling conveys to the general reader the essence and vitality of the field of neuroscience-the progress we are making in understanding how brains work and some of our strategies for studying brain function. Dowling often relates the exciting discoveries of neuroscience to specific examples of brain phenomena such as disease, mental illness, aging, or brain injury, demonstrating how these alterations in brain function cast light on normalcy and describing some of the therapies enabled by our understanding of the brain.