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Autore |
Berthoz Alain |
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Titolo |
The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds / / Alain Berthoz |
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Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , [2017] |
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©2017 |
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ISBN |
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0-674-97281-3 |
0-674-97283-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Adaptability (Psychology) |
Adjustment (Psychology) |
Mind and reality |
Brain |
Identity (Psychology) |
Avatars (Virtual reality) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part I: The Vicarious Act -- 1. The Brain as a Problem- Solver -- 2. Perceiving and Acting -- 3. The Personal Body, Self, and Identity -- 4. Vicariance and Changing Perspective -- Part II: Ontogenesis and Plasticity -- 5. The Stages of Vicariance -- 6. Vicariance and Brain Plasticity -- Part III: Vicariance and Sharing Emotions -- 7. Sympathy and Empathy -- 8. Vicarious Emotions -- Part IV: Education -- 9. Vicarious Learning -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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.-- |
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