The accidental mind /

"A guide to the strange and often illogal world of neural function, 'The accidendal mind' shows how the brain is not an optimized, general-purpose problem-solving machine, but rather a weird agglomeration of ad-hoc solutions that have been piled on through millions of years of evoluti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Linden, David J., 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Brain > Popular works.
Brain > Evolution.
Neuropsychology.
Evolution (Biology)
Brain > physiology
Biological Evolution
Neuropsychology
Cerveau > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Cerveau > Évolution.
Neuropsychologie.
Évolution (Biologie)
evolution.
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology.
Brain.
Popular Work
Popular works.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : Brain, explained
  • The inelegant design of the brain
  • Building a brain with yesterday's parts
  • Some assembly required
  • Sensation and emotion
  • Learning, memory, and human individuality
  • Love and sex
  • Sleeping and dreaming
  • The religious impulse
  • The unintelligent design of the brain
  • Epilogue : That middle thing.

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