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Item specifics
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller Notes
- “book is very good, but.... has some underlining and note taking on the sides of some of the pages”
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Subject Area
- the brain
- Book Title
- The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds
- MPN
- Does not apply
- Subject
- The Brain
- ISBN
- 9780674088955
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674088956
ISBN-13
9780674088955
eBay Product ID (ePID)
224020767
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds
Publication Year
2017
Subject
Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology, Life Sciences / Neuroscience, General, Virtual Worlds
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Science, Psychology, Medical
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2016-022571
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
In The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds , Alain Berthoz defines vicariance as the substitution of one process for another, when attempting to achieve a specific goal. The forms of vicariance, which are so well described by Berthoz, are a product of our brain'e(tm)s capacity for learning and creative divergent thinking. This book allows us to better understand how the human brain provides us with the remarkable ability to improve our quality of life., Seeing things from multiple points of view is a skill that not all possess. Critical periods occur during the development of the brain for biocular vision, maternal bonding, and many other brain functions. Is it possible, as Berthoz supposes, that there is a critical period for being able to simultaneously hold different perspectives? If so, the implications are profound., In The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds , Alain Berthoz defines vicariance as the substitution of one process for another, when attempting to achieve a specific goal. The forms of vicariance, which are so well described by Berthoz, are a product of our braine(tm)s capacity for learning and creative divergent thinking. This book allows us to better understand how the human brain provides us with the remarkable ability to improve our quality of life., In The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds , Alain Berthoz defines vicariance as the substitution of one process for another, when attempting to achieve a specific goal. The forms of vicariance, which are so well described by Berthoz, are a product of our brain's capacity for learning and creative divergent thinking. This book allows us to better understand how the human brain provides us with the remarkable ability to improve our quality of life.
Dewey Decimal
153
Synopsis
Groping around a familiar room in the dark, or learning to read again after a traumatic brain injury; navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar, or envisioning a scene through the eyes of a character--all of these are expressions of one fundamental property of life, Alain Berthoz argues. They are instances of vicariance, when the brain sidesteps an impasse by substituting one process or function for another. In The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds, Berthoz shows that this capacity is the foundation of the human ability to think creatively and function in a complex world. Vicariance is often associated with proxies and delegates, but it also refers to a biological process in which a healthy organ takes over for a defective counterpart. Berthoz, a neuroscientist, approaches vicariance through neuronal networks, asking how, for example, a blind person can develop a heightened sense of touch. He also describes how our brains model physical reality and how we use these models to understand things that are foreign to us. Forging across disciplinary boundaries, he explores notions of the vicarious in paleontology, ethology, art, literature, and psychology. Through an absorbing examination of numerous facets of vicariance, Berthoz reveals its impact on an individual's daily decision making and, more broadly, on the brain's creation of worlds. As our personal and social lives are transformed by virtual realities, it is more crucial than ever before that we understand vicariance within our increasingly complex environment, and as an aspect of our own multiplying identities., Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance--when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think creatively in an increasingly complex world.
LC Classification Number
BF335.B4713 2017
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