The consciousness instinct : unraveling the mystery of how the brain makes the mind

Author/Creator:

Gazzaniga, Michael S., author

Publication/Creation:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018

Format:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

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Full Title:

The consciousness instinct : unraveling the mystery of how the brain makes the mind / Michael S. Gazzaniga

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Brain
Mind and body
Consciousness
Cognitive neuroscience
Consciousness--physiology

Description/Summary

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index.

Summary:

How do neurons turn into minds? How does physical "stuff"--atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells--create the vivid and various worlds inside our heads? The problem of consciousness has gnawed at us for millennia. In the last century there have been massive breakthroughs that have rewritten the science of the brain, and yet the puzzles faced by the ancient Greeks are still present. In The Consciousness Instinct, the neuroscience pioneer Michael S. Gazzaniga puts the latest research in conversation with the history of human thinking about the mind, giving a big-picture view of what science has revealed about consciousness.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

274 pages ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936738703502486

ISBN:

9780374715502
0374715505

OCLC Number:

988048434

Barcode:

010002858299