Joaquin M. Fuster

The Neuroscience of Freedom and Creativity

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Produktbeschreibung

A scientific, uniquely factual account of the role of the brain in freedom and creativity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9781107608627
• ISBN-10: 1107608627
• Artikelnr.: 38012734

Autorenporträt

Joaquín M. Fuster is Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Brain Research Institute and Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Fuster is an eminent neuroscientist with a career spanning six decades. He is the first to have discovered and described 'memory cells' in the primate brain. He is author of numerous peer-reviewed articles and three books: Memory in the Cerebral Cortex (1995), Cortex and Mind (2003) and The Prefrontal Cortex (1980, and 4th edition, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. Evolutionary roots of freedom; 3. Anatomy of cognition; 4. The perception/action cycle; 5. Memory of the future; 6. Freedom in speech; 7. Liberty, responsibility, and social order.

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1. Introduction
2. Evolutionary roots of freedom
3. Anatomy of cognition
4. The perception/action cycle
5. Memory of the future
6. Freedom in speech
7. Liberty, responsibility, and social order.

Rezensionen

'Joaquín Fuster is a distinguished pioneer in the exploration of the brain's prefrontal cortex, the regions we depend on for choices and self-control. With subtlety, clarity, and a deep feel for the complexities of living a life, Fuster takes a fresh and insightful look [at] human choice. His ideas are philosophically deep and biologically sensible; they are presented lucidly and with modesty and charm. A masterful accomplishment.' Patricia Smith Churchland, Professor Emerita, University of California, San Diego