William A. Phillips (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Univer

The Cooperative Neuron

Cellular Foundations of Mental Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Cooperative Neuron is part of a revolution that is occurring in the sciences of brain and mind. It provides an accessible introduction to the new field of cellular psychology, a field built upon the recent discovery that many neurons in the brain cooperate to seek agreement in deciding what's relevant in the current context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 167mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780198876984
• ISBN-10: 019887698X
• Artikelnr.: 67780651

Autorenporträt

Professor Williams A. Phillips began his career as a Research Fellow at the University of Sussex from 1967 to 1971. He was a Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer at the University of Stirling from 1971 to 1992 before becoming a Professor in 1992. He was also a Fellow of the Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies from 2006 until 2013, specializing in theoretical neuroscience. Since 2003, he has been a Professor Emeritus at the University of Stirling.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction
* 2: Life, Brain, and Mind: Marvels of Cooperation Between Diverse
Individuals
* 3: Cerebral Neocortex: Hierarchies of Abstraction in Physical Matter
That Knows and Doubts, Thinks and Feels, Intends, and Hopes
* 4: Neocortical Pyramidal Cells That Cooperate by Being Sensitive to
Context
* 5: Cooperative Neurons in Various States of Mind and Brain
* 6: What Cooperative Neurons Do for Mental Life
* 7: Evolution and Development of Cooperative Neurons
* 8: Pathologies of Cooperative Neuronal Processing
* 9: An Information-Theoretic View of Context-Sensitivity
* 10: Difficulties and Unresolved Issues
* 11: Mind's Place in Nature