LEADER 03069nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910782358403321 005 20230601192101.0 010 $a0-19-773458-8 010 $a1-280-83767-5 010 $a9786610837670 010 $a0-19-803119-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000549223 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000101554 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11109142 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101554 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10043925 035 $a(PQKB)10477249 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL281188 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10269224 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL83767 035 $a(OCoLC)476025695 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2012765 035 $a(OCoLC)958508604 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC281188 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000549223 100 $a19991223h20022001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAltered egos$b[electronic resource] $ehow the brain creates the self /$fTodd E. Feinberg 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2002, c2001 215 $aviii, 205 p. $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-513625-X 311 $a0-19-515242-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and index. 330 $aIn Altered Egos, Dr. Todd Feinberg presents a new theory of the self based on his first-hand experience as both a psychiatrist and neurologist. Feinberg introduces dozens of intriguing cases of patients whose disorders have resulted in what he calls altered egos: a change in the brain that transforms the boundaries of the self. He describes patients who suffer from alien hand syndrome where one hand might attack the patient's own throat, patients with frontal lobe damage who invent fantastic stories about their lives, paralyzed patients who reject and disown one of their limbs. He then argues that the brain damage suffered by these people has done more than simply impair certain functions--it has fragmented their sense of self. From these fascinating cases, Feinberg proposes a new model of the self that links the workings of the brain with unique and personal features of the mind, such as meaning, purpose, and being. Drawing on his own and other evidence, he explains how the unified self, while not located in one or another brain region, arises out of the staggering complexity and number of the brain's component parts. Lucid, insightful, filled with fascinating case studies and provocative new ideas, Altered Egos promises to change the way we think about human consciousness and the creation and maintenance of human identity. 606 $aNeuropsychology 606 $aBrain 606 $aSelf 615 0$aNeuropsychology. 615 0$aBrain. 615 0$aSelf. 676 $a612.8/2 700 $aFeinberg$b Todd E.$f1952-$01495947 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782358403321 996 $aAltered egos$93720353 997 $aUNINA