02588nam 22005775 450 991015743900332120230810001631.00-674-97281-30-674-97283-X10.4159/9780674972834(CKB)3710000001000639(MiAaPQ)EBC4773927(DE-B1597)502263(OCoLC)967283031(DE-B1597)9780674972834(EXLCZ)99371000000100063920180924d2017 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds /Alain BerthozCambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]©20171 online resource (224 pages)0-674-08895-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- IndexGroping 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.--Provided by publisherAdaptability (Psychology)Adjustment (Psychology)Mind and realityBrainIdentity (Psychology)Avatars (Virtual reality)Adaptability (Psychology)Adjustment (Psychology)Mind and reality.Brain.Identity (Psychology)Avatars (Virtual reality)153Berthoz Alain, 451510Weiss Giselle1201330DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910157439003321The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds2886640UNINA