Mind

by Restak, Richard M.

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Full title :Mind / Richard M. Restak ; series editor, simon Blackburn.

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Publication Date:2012

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Publisher(s):Quercus
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012

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The Physical Object

Description:208 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

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ISBN:9781780870359, 1780870353
oclc:ocn990939046
LC Classification:BD418.3
Dewey Decimal:128.2

Machine generated contents note: Can We Have a Mind Without a Body? -- Are we creatures of pure thought? -- How Do Brains Come To Exist? -- The development of the human brain -- Can We Build a Super-Brain? -- Achieving the highest levels of brain performance -- How Do We Make Sense Of Sensation? -- Seeing things as we are -- What Does It Mean To Be Conscious? -- Problems of identity and awareness -- What Makes The Human Brain Special? -- Looking under the hood -- Can Brains Communicate Without Words? -- The secrets of body language -- What Is the `I' in Our Brain? -- The quintessential identity problem -- Is Free Will An Illusion? -- Does our brain already know what we're going to do? -- What Is Thinking? -- Putting our minds to work -- What Does A Brain Do When It Is Doing Nothing? -- The pleasures and perils of mind wandering -- Is It Possible to Think of Two Things At Once? -- The dangers of multitasking and thought suppression -- What Is Knowledge?

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