Consciousness and cognition fragments of mind and brain

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Cohen, Henri, 1945-

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9780123737342

Publication Information:

London : Academic Press, 2007.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 260 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) , ports. ; 26 cm.

Contents:

How Did Modern Human Cognition Evolve? -- Taking Up Arms. -- Celebrating 300 Million Years of the Mind. -- Was Medieval Cell Doctrine More Modern Than We Thought? -- Can Evolution Produce Robots? -- The Thought - Translation Device. -- Babes in Arms: Studies in Laterality. -- Why a Creative Brain?: Evolutionary Set-ups for Off-line Planning of Coherent Stages. -- Creativity: Method or Magic? -- The Cross-Cultural Brain. -- Where's the Missing Body?: A Puzzle for Cognitive Science. -- Whose Free Will is it Anyway? -- Affective Neuroscience and the Ancestral Sources of Human Feelings. -- The Funny Meat Behind our Eyes. -- Practicing Safe Stress: A Selective Overview of the Neuroscience Research. -- Petrol Sniffing, the Brain and Aboriginal Culture: Between Sorcery and Neuroscience. -- Chatting with Noam Chomsky.

How did modern human cognition evolve? / Ian Tattersall -- Taking up arms / Michael Corballis -- Celebrating 300 million years of the mind : a bird's eye view / Pater J. Snyder -- Was medieval cell doctrine more modern than we thought? / Harry Whitaker -- Can evolution produce robots? / Manfred Hild, Brigitte Stemmer -- The thought-translation device / Niels Birbaumer, Frank Appletree Rodden -- Babes in arms : studies in laterality / Lauren Julius Harris -- Why a creative brain? Evolutionary setups for off-line planning of coherent stages / William H. Calvin -- Creativity : method or magic? / Stevan Harnad -- The cross-cultural brain / Eran Zaidel, Jonas Kaplan -- Where's the missing body? A puzzle for cognitive science /Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. -- Whose free will is it anyway? or, The illusion of determinism / Sidney J. Segalowitz -- Affective neuroscience and the ancestral sources of human feelings / Jaak Panksepp -- The funny meat behind our eyes / Frank Appletree Rodden -- Practicing safe stress : a selective overview of the neuroscience research / Cheryl M. McCormick -- Petrol sniffing, the brain, and aboriginal culture : between sorcery and neuroscience / Sherre Cairney, Paul Maruff -- Chatting with Noam Chomsky / Noam Chomsky.

Abstract:

What were the circumstances that led to the development of our cognitive abilities from a primitive hominid to an essentially modern human? The answer to this question is of profound importance to understanding our present nature. Since the steep path of our cognitive development is the attribute that most distinguishes humans from other mammals, this is also a quest to determine human origins. This collection of outstanding scientific problems and the revelation of the many ways they can be addressed indicates the scope of the field to be explored and reveals some avenues along which research is advancing. Distinguished scientists and researchers who have advanced the discussion of the mind and brain contribute state-of-the-art presentations of their field of expertise. Chapters offer speculative and provocative views on topics such as body, culture, evolution, feelings, genetics, history, humor, knowledge, language, machines, neuroanatomy, pathology, and perception. This book will appeal to researchers and students in cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychology, cognitive science, and philosophy. * Includes a contribution by Noam Chomsky, one of the most cited authors of our time.

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