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Consciousness and Cognition
Fragments of Mind and Brain
A unique interdisciplinary collection of reviews on the the connection between the mind and brain.
Henri Cohen (Edited by), Brigitte Stemmer (Edited by)
9780123737342, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 6 February 2007
288 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.71 kg
"...the volume is well worth reading. The editors should be congratulated for pursuing a different vision about how to transmit knowledge of mind and brain to the public, and to students and colleagues." --Christine Chiarello, in LATERALITY, 13:2, 198-199, Jan 2008
What were the circumstances that led to the development of our cognitive abilities from a primitive hominid to an essentially modern human? The answer to this question is of profound importance to understanding our present nature. Since the steep path of our cognitive development is the attribute that most distinguishes humans from other mammals, this is also a quest to determine human origins. This collection of outstanding scientific problems and the revelation of the many ways they can be addressed indicates the scope of the field to be explored and reveals some avenues along which research is advancing. Distinguished scientists and researchers who have advanced the discussion of the mind and brain contribute state-of-the-art presentations of their field of expertise. Chapters offer speculative and provocative views on topics such as body, culture, evolution, feelings, genetics, history, humor, knowledge, language, machines, neuroanatomy, pathology, and perception. This book will appeal to researchers and students in cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychology, cognitive science, and philosophy.
Chapter 1: How Did Modern Human Cognition Evolve? Chapter 2: Taking Up Arms Chapter 3: Celebrating 300 Million Years of the Mind: A Bird’s-Eye View Chapter 4: Was Medieval Cell Doctrine More Modern Than We Thought? Chapter 5: Can Evolution Produce Robots? Chapter 6: The Thought-Translation Device Chapter 7: Babes in Arms: Studies in Laterality Chapter 8: Why a Creative Brain? Evolutionary Setups for Off-Line Planning of Coherent Stages Chapter 9: Creativity: Method or Magic? Chapter 10: The Cross-Cultural Brain Chapter 11: Where’s the Missing Body? A Puzzle for Cognitive Science Chapter 12: Whose Free Will is it Anyway? or, The Illusion of Determinism Chapter 13: Affective Neuroscience and the Ancestral Sources of Human Feelings Chapter 14: The Funny Meat Behind Our Eyes Chapter 15: Practicing Safe Stress: A Selective Overview of the Neuroscience Research Chapter 16: Petrol Sniffing, the Brain, and Aboriginal Culture: Between Sorcery and Neuroscience Chapter 17: Chatting with Noam Chomsky Index
Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM], Psychology [JM], Society & social sciences [J], Linguistics [CF]
