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…mehr
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
Chapter 1: How Did Modern Human Cognition Evolve? Chapter 2: Taking Up Arms Chapter 3: Celebrating 300 Million Years of the Mind: A Bird's-Eye View Chapter 4: Was Medieval Cell Doctrine More Modern Than We Thought? Chapter 5: Can Evolution Produce Robots? Chapter 6: The Thought-Translation Device Chapter 7: Babes in Arms: Studies in Laterality Chapter 8: Why a Creative Brain? Evolutionary Setups for Off-Line Planning of Coherent Stages Chapter 9: Creativity: Method or Magic? Chapter 10: The Cross-Cultural Brain Chapter 11: Where's the Missing Body? A Puzzle for Cognitive Science Chapter 12: Whose Free Will is it Anyway? or, The Illusion of Determinism Chapter 13: Affective Neuroscience and the Ancestral Sources of Human Feelings Chapter 14: The Funny Meat Behind Our Eyes Chapter 15: Practicing Safe Stress: A Selective Overview of the Neuroscience Research Chapter 16: Petrol Sniffing, the Brain, and Aboriginal Culture: Between Sorcery and Neuroscience Chapter 17: Chatting with Noam Chomsky Index
Chapter 1: How Did Modern Human Cognition Evolve? Chapter 2: Taking Up Arms Chapter 3: Celebrating 300 Million Years of the Mind: A Bird's-Eye View Chapter 4: Was Medieval Cell Doctrine More Modern Than We Thought? Chapter 5: Can Evolution Produce Robots? Chapter 6: The Thought-Translation Device Chapter 7: Babes in Arms: Studies in Laterality Chapter 8: Why a Creative Brain? Evolutionary Setups for Off-Line Planning of Coherent Stages Chapter 9: Creativity: Method or Magic? Chapter 10: The Cross-Cultural Brain Chapter 11: Where's the Missing Body? A Puzzle for Cognitive Science Chapter 12: Whose Free Will is it Anyway? or, The Illusion of Determinism Chapter 13: Affective Neuroscience and the Ancestral Sources of Human Feelings Chapter 14: The Funny Meat Behind Our Eyes Chapter 15: Practicing Safe Stress: A Selective Overview of the Neuroscience Research Chapter 16: Petrol Sniffing, the Brain, and Aboriginal Culture: Between Sorcery and Neuroscience Chapter 17: Chatting with Noam Chomsky Index
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