The Mind Within the Brain

Download or Read eBook The Mind Within the Brain PDF written by A. David Redish and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Mind Within the Brain
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 9780199891887
ISBN-13 : 0199891885
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Book Synopsis The Mind Within the Brain by : A. David Redish

Book excerpt: With verve and humor in an easily readable style, David Redish brings together cutting edge research in psychology, robotics, economics, neuroscience, and the new fields of neuroeconomics and computational psychiatry, to show how vulnerabilities, or "failure-modes," in the decision-making system can lead to serious dysfunctions, such as irrational behavior, addictions, problem gambling, and PTSD. Ranging widely from the surprising roles of emotion, habit, and narrative in decision-making, to the larger philosophical questions of how mind and brain are related, what makes us human, the nature of morality, free will, and the conundrum of robotics and consciousness, The Mind within the Brain offers fresh insight into one of the most complex aspects of human behavior.


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