The secret life of the mind : how your brain thinks, feels, and decides /
"From a world-renowned leader in neuroscience, a provocative, enthralling journey into the depths of the human mind. Where do our thoughts come from? How do we make choices and trust our judgments? What is the role of the unconscious? Can we manipulate our dreams? In this mind-bending internati...
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2017.
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| 版: | First North American edition. |
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書本目錄:
- The origin of thought : how do babies think and communicate, and how can we understand them better?
- The fuzzy borders of identity : what defines our choices and allows us to trust other people and our own decisions?
- The machine that constructs reality : how does consciousness emerge in the brain and how are we governed by our unconscious?
- Voyages of consciousness (or consciousness tripping) : what happens in the brain as we dream; is it possible for us to decipher, control, and manipulate our dreams?
- The brain is constantly transforming : what makes our brain more or less predisposed to change?
- Educated brains : how can we use what we have learned about the brain and human thought to improve education?