Incognito : the secret lives of the brain / David M. Eagleman.
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TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2012Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: 290 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780307389923; 0307389928Subject(s): Brain | Unconscious (Psychology) | Subconsciousness | Brain | Interbehavioral psychologyDDC classification: 154 LOC classification: BF315 | .E24 2012| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 154/EAGLEMAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500033077 |
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Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-280) and index.
There's someone in my head, but it's not me -- The testimony of the senses: what is experience really like? -- Mind: the gap -- The kinds of thoughts that are thinkable -- The brain is a team of rivals -- Why blameworthiness is the wrong question -- Life after the monarchy.
"In this sparkling and provocative book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate its surprising mysteries. Why can your foot move halfway to the brake pedal before you become consciously aware of danger ahead? Is there a true Mel Gibson? How is your brain like a conflicted democracy engaged in civil war? What do Odysseus and the subprime mortgage meltdown have in common? Why are people whose names begin with J more like to marry other people whose names begin with J? And why is it so difficult to keep a secret? Taking in brain damage, plane spotting, dating, drugs, beauty, infidelity, synesthesia, criminal law, artificial intelligence, and visual illusions, Incognito is a thrilling subsurface exploration of the mind and all its contradictions"
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