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Sigman, Mariano, 1972-
Brain
Neurosciences
MARC Display
The
secret
life
of the
mind
:
how
your
brain
thinks
,
feels
, and
decides
/ Mariano Sigman.
by
Sigman, Mariano, 1972-
Little, Brown and Company, c2017.
Call #:
612.82 S577s
Subjects
Brain
Neurosciences
ISBN:
9780316549622 (hc)
0316549622 (hc)
Uniform title:
Vida secreta de la mente. English
Alternate title:
Translation of : Vida secreta de la mente.
Edition:
1st North American ed.
Description:
277 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in Buenos Aires and Barcelona by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A. in 2015"--Title page verso.
Translation of : Vida secreta de la mente.
Translated from the Spanish.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index.
Contents:
The origin of thought :
how
do babies think and communicate, and
how
can we understand them better? -- The fuzzy borders of identity : what defines our choices and allows us to trust other people and our own decisions? -- The machine that constructs reality :
how
does consciousness emerge in the
brain
and
how
are we governed by our unconscious? -- Voyages of consciousness (or consciousness tripping) : what happens in the
brain
as we dream; is it possible for us to decipher, control, and manipulate our dreams? -- The
brain
is constantly transforming : what makes our
brain
more or less predisposed to change? -- Educated brains :
how
can we use what we have learned about the
brain
and human thought to improve education?
Summary:
"From a world-renowned leader in neuroscience, a provocative, enthralling journey into the depths of the human
mind
. Where do our thoughts come from?
How
do we make choices and trust our judgments? What is the role of the unconscious? Can we manipulate our dreams? In this mind-bending international bestseller, award-winning neuroscientist Mariano Sigman explores the complex answers to these and many other age-old questions. Over the course of his 20-year career investigating the inner workings of the human
brain
, Dr. Sigman has cultivated a remarkable interdisciplinary vision. He draws on research in physics, linguistics, psychology, education, and beyond to explain why people who speak more than one language are less prone to dementia;
how
infants can recognize by sight objects they've previously only touched;
how
babies, even before they utter their first word, have an innate sense of right and wrong; and
how
we can "read" the thoughts of vegetative patients by decoding patterns in their
brain
activity. Building on the author's awe-inspiring TED talk, the cutting-edge research presented in The
Secret
Life
of the
Mind
revolutionizes
how
we understand the role that neuroscience plays in our lives, unlocking the mysterious cerebral processes that control the ways in which we learn, reason, feel, think, and dream."--Jacket.
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