Altered Egos : How the Brain Creates the Self.
How does the brain create the self? After looking at patients who have undergone a change in the brain that transforms the boundaries of the self, the author presents a model of the self that links the workings of the brain with personal features of the mind, such as meaning, purpose, and being.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: Soul Searching; Chapter 2 Deconstructing the Self; Chapter 3 Missing Pieces; Familiar Places; Chapter 4 Mything Persons; Chapter 5 Auto-Bodies; Chapter 6 Keeping It All Together; Chapter 7 Journey to the Center of the Mind; Chapter 8 The Nested Hierarchy of the Self and Mind; Chapter 9 Being and Brain; Chapter 10 The Living Mind; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.