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Consciousness -- Physiological aspects.
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Jasanoff, Alan.
Consciousness -- Physiological aspects.
Neurosciences.
Psychophysiology.
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The biological mind : how brain, body, and environment collaborate to make us who we are /
Alan
Jasanoff
.
by
Jasanoff
,
Alan
.
Basic Books, 2018.
Call #:
612.8233 J39b
Subjects
Consciousness -- Physiological aspects.
Neurosciences.
Psychophysiology.
ISBN:
9780465052684 (hc.)
Alternate title:
How brain, body, and environment collaborate to make us who we are
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
vii, 292 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part I: The cerebral mystique. Eating the brain ; Humor me ; It's complicated ; Scanning for Godot ; Thinking, outside the box ; No brain is an island -- Part II: The importance of being biological. Insiders and outsiders ; Beyond the broken brain ; Neurotechnology unbound ; What it's like to be in a vat.
Summary:
"The brain sometimes seems like a physical embodiment of the soul--a mysterious seat of our personality, intellect, and emotions. The roots of this notion run deep in our culture: From ancient philosophical concepts to modern psychological analysis, we've been idealizing the brain's role for eons. But the soul-like qualities of the brain are often more myth than fact, and in emphasizing them, we limit our understanding of ourselves. As neurobiologist
Alan
Jasanoff
reveals in [this book], the brain is an organ much like other organs, and it cannot be separated from the body of its surroundings. We don't live in a sensory deprivation chamber; our experience of the world is inextricably linked to our interactions with it, which is why blue colors make us happier and higher temperatures make us hot-tempered. And it's not just our external environment that matters--even microbes in our intestines affect our psychology. When we focus solely on the brain to explain our behavior, we overlook external factors than can lead to mental illness. We overestimate our ability to act with free will and judge people in court based on shoddy neuroscience. It's time to put the brain back into its worldly context. [This book] shows us that only by appreciating how brain, body, and environment collaborate will we be able to grasp the true nature of our humanity."--Jacket.
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