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Making up the mind : how the brain creates our mental world
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Making up the mind : how the brain creates our mental world

Author: Christopher D Frith
Publisher: Oxford : Blackwell, 2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Written by one of the world's leading neuroscientists, Making Up the Mind is the first accessible account of experimental studies showing how the brain creates our mental world.

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Christopher D Frith
ISBN: 1405160225 9781405160223 1405136944 9781405136945
OCLC Number: 474758083
Description: xii, 234 s., [7] tavler : ill.
Contents: Prologue: Real scientists don't study the mind. Part I: Seeing through the brain's illusions:. 1. Clues from a damaged brain. 2. What a normal brain tells us about the world. 3. What the brain tells us about our bodies. Part II: How the brain does it:. 4. Getting ahead by prediction. 5. Our perception of the world is a fantasy that coincides with reality. 6. How brains model minds. Part III: Culture and the brain:. 7. Sharing minds - How the brain creates culture. Epilogue: Me and my Brain. References/Further Reading
Responsibility: Chris Frith.

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"Making up the Mind is an excellent 'big picture' book. Exactly as its subtitle indicates, this book describes how our brains construct an internal model of the world that enables us to successfully Read more...

 
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