The vicarious brain, creator of worlds /

Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance--when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think crea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berthoz, Alain (Autor)
Otros Autores: Weiss, Giselle (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Adaptability (Psychology)
Adjustment (Psychology)
Mind and reality.
Brain.
Identity (Psychology)
Avatars (Virtual reality)
Adaptation (Psychologie)
Ajustement (Psychologie)
Esprit et réalité.
Cerveau.
Identité (Psychologie)
Avatars (Infographie)
brains.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience
Brain
Mind and reality
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The brain as a problem-solver
  • Perceiving and acting
  • The personal body, self, and identity
  • Vicariance and changing perspective
  • The stages of vicariance
  • Vicariance and brain plasticity
  • Sympathy and empathy
  • Vicarious emotion
  • Vicarious learning.

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