The predictive brain : consciousness, decision and embodied action /
An investigation of the working of the human mind, this book sets out to show that the brain is not only a reactive mechanism, but rather proactive, allowing people to make hypotheses, anticipate consequences, and formulate expectations. The book discusses how the evolution of motor modes of behavio...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Brighton ; Chicago :
Sussex Academic Press,
2014.
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| Summary: | An investigation of the working of the human mind, this book sets out to show that the brain is not only a reactive mechanism, but rather proactive, allowing people to make hypotheses, anticipate consequences, and formulate expectations. The book discusses how the evolution of motor modes of behavior, such as the ability to construct and manipulate instruments, has given rise to an "embodied logic" underpinning not only action and prediction but also gestures and syllable sequences that are the basis of human communication. This book then looks at how, if consciousness is caused by specific ne. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782841388 1782841385 1306452945 9781306452946 9781782841364 1782841369 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |