Accidental Mind How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God

Name: Accidental Mind How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God
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ISBN: 9780674030589

ISBN-10: 0674030583

ISBN-13: 9780674030589

Edition: 2007

Authors: David J. Linden

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You've probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain's elegant design in reverent tones. To which this book says: Pure nonsense. In a work at once deeply learned and wonderfully accessible, the neuroscientist David Linden counters the widespread assumption that the brain is a paragon of design--and in its place gives us a compelling explanation of how the brain's serendipitous evolution has resulted in nothing short of our humanity. A guide to the strange and often illogical world of neural function, The Accidental Mind shows how the brain is not an…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 12/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 7.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



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


Further Reading and Resources


Acknowledgments


Index