Written by one of the world’s leading neuroscientists,
Making Up the Mind is the first accessible account of
experimental studies showing how the brain creates our mental
world.
* * Uses evidence from brain imaging, psychological experiments and
studies of patients to explore the relationship between the mind
and the brain
* Demonstrates that our knowledge of both the mental and physical
comes to us through models created by our brain
* Shows how the brain makes communication of ideas from one mind
to another possible
Table of Content
Prologue: Real scientists don’t study the mind.
Part I: Seeing through the brain’s illusions:.
1. Clues from a damaged brain.
2. What a normal brain tells us about the world.
3. What the brain tells us about our bodies.
Part II: How the brain does it:.
4. Getting ahead by prediction.
5. Our perception of the world is a fantasy that coincides withreality.
6. How brains model minds.
Part III: Culture and the brain:.
7. Sharing minds – How the brain creates culture.
Epilogue: Me and my Brain.
References/Further Reading
About the author
Chris Frith is Professor in Neuropsychology at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London. His publications include Schizophrenia: A Very Short Introduction (2003, with Eve C. Johnstone) and The Neuroscience of Social Interaction (2004, edited with Daniel Wolpert).
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