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Mind & Brain: A Graphic Guide
Introducing Mind & Brain examines a profound and mysterious puzzle: How do the three pounds of electric sponge stowed in the top of your head allow you to experience enchantment in front of an evening landscape, and then make you remember the shopping, say ‘Damn!’ and head off to the supermarket?
To put it another way, how does the biological tissue that makes up the brain give rise to the activities that our culture refers to as ‘the mind’?
This book explains what the sciences have to say about planning and action, language, memory, attention, emotions and vision. It traces the historical...