The Mind. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brockman, John.
• Other Names: Brockman, John; 3M Company.
• Contents: Organs of computation / Steven Pinker -- Philosophy in the flesh / George Lakoff -- Parallel memories: putting emotions back into the brain / Joseph Ledoux -- Sexual selection and the mind / Geoffrey Miller -- Rescuing memory / Steven Rose -- How is personality formed? / Frank Sulloway -- Mirror neurons and imitation learning as the driving force behind the great leap forward in human evolution / V.S. Ramachandran -- A self worth having / Nicholas Humphrey -- You can't be a sweet cucumber in a vinegar barrel / Philip Zimbardo -- The neurology of self-awareness / V.S. Ramachandran -- Eudaemonia: the good life / Martin Seligman / What are numbers, really? A cerebral basis for number sense / Stanislas Dehaene -- The assortative mating theory / Simon Baron-Cohen -- Toxo: the parasite that is manipulating human behavior / Robert Sapolsky -- Amazing babies / Alison Gopnik -- Signatures of consciousness / Stanislas Dehaene -- How can educated people continue to be radical environmentalists? / David Lykken -- Moral psychology and the misunderstanding of religion / Jonathan Haidt.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : HarperCollins
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 612.8; Brain; Consciousness; Neurosciences; SCIENCE; Brain; Consciousness; Neurosciences; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062101563; 0062101560
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.