Cerebral Code Thinking a Thought in the Mosaics of the Mind

Name: Cerebral Code Thinking a Thought in the Mosaics of the Mind
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ISBN: 9780262531542

ISBN-10: 0262531542

ISBN-13: 9780262531542

Edition: 1998

Authors: William H. Calvin

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This text offers an understanding of how Darwinian processes could operate in the brain to shape mental images in only seconds, using shuffled memories similar to dreams, but evolving into something of quality, such as a sentence to speak aloud.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/2/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 262
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

William H. Calvin is Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle. His books include The Cerebral Code (MIT Press, 1996).



Prologue






The Representation Problem and the Copying Solution



Cloning in Cerebral Cortex



A Compressed Code Emerges



Managing the Cerebral Commons



Resonating with Your Chaotic Memories



Partitioning the Playfield


Intermission Notes






The Brownian Notion



Convergence Zones with a Hint of Sex



Chimes on the Quarter Hour



The Making of Metaphor



Thinking a Thought in the Mosaics of the Mind


Afterthoughts


Glossary and Brief Tutorials


Recommended Reading


Notes


The Author


About the Artists


Index