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Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts by Research Director Stanislas Dehaene (Paperback / softback, 2014)
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Author: Stanislas Dehaene. How does our brain generate a conscious thought?. And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious?. A joyous exploration of the mind and its thrilling complexities,Consciousness and the Brain will excite anyone interested in cutting-edge science and technology and the vast philosophical, personal, and ethical implications of finally quantifying consciousness.
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<b>WINNER OF THE 2014 BRAIN PRIZE From the acclaimed author of <i>Reading in the Brain</i>, abreathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness deep in the brain</b> How does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our kwledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before. In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the pioneering work his lab and the labs of other cognitive neuroscientists worldwide have accomplished in defining, testing, and explaining the brain events behind a conscious state. We can w pin down the neurons that fire when a person reports becoming aware of a piece of information and understand the crucial role unconscious computations play in how we make decisions. The emerging theory enables a test of consciousness in animals, babies, and those with severe brain injuries. A joyous exploration of the mind and its thrilling complexities, <i>Consciousness and the Brain</i> will excite anyone interestedin cutting-edge science and techlogy and the vast philosophical, personal, and ethical implications of finally quantifyingconsciousness.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books
ISBN-100143126261
ISBN-139780143126263
eBay Product ID (ePID)208980029
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FormatTrade Paperback (Us) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Paperback
LanguageEnglish
AuthorResearch Director Stanislas Dehaene
SubjectPsychology: Professional & General
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Date of Publication30/12/2014
Country of PublicationUnited States
Author Biography<b>Stanislas Dehaene </b>was trained as a mathematician and psychologist before becoming one of the world s most active researchers on the cognitive neuroscience of language and number processing in the human brain. He is the director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit in Saclay, France, the professor of experimental cognitive psychology at the College de France, a member of the French Academy of Sciences and of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is the author of <i>The Number Sense </i>and <i>Reading in the Brain</i>. He lives in France.
ImprintPenguin Books
