The mind's past /

Why does the human brain insist on interpreting the world and constructing a narrative? Michael S. Gazzaniga shows how our mind and brain accomplish the amazing feat of constructing our past - a process clearly fraught with errors of perception, memory, and judgment. By showing that the specific sys...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gazzaniga, Michael S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Neuropsychology.
Brain > Evolution.
Memory.
Developmental neurobiology.
Brain.
Developmental biology.
Neuropsychology
Memory
Brain
Developmental Biology
Evolution
Neuropsychologie.
Cerveau > Évolution.
Mémoire.
Neurologie du développement.
Cerveau.
Biologie du développement.
brains.
memory (psychological concept)
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology.
Developmental biology
Brain > Evolution
Developmental neurobiology
Gedächtnis
Informationsverarbeitung
Neuropsychologie
Gehirn
Ontwikkelingsbiologie.
Geheugen.
Evolutionary psychology.
Développement neurologique.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The fictional self.
  • Brain construction.
  • The brain knows before you do.
  • Seeing is believing.
  • The shadow knows.
  • Real memories, phony memories.
  • The value of interpreting the past.

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