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- Title: On the Origin of the Human Mind
- Author : Andrey Vyshedskiy
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Medical,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1732 KB
Description
Some of the most time-honored questions in philosophy, psychology, and
neuroscience center on the uniqueness of the human mind. How do we think? What
makes us so different from all the other animals on planet Earth? What was the
process that created the human mind? Is this process unique or can it be
repeated on other planets? The book "On the Origin of the Human Mind"
attempts to provide an answer to these questions. It is organized into three
chapters:
Chapter I "Uniqueness of the Human Mind" introduces the reader
to recent research into animal behavior, communication, culture and learning, as
well as controlled animal intelligence experiments and offers a new hypothesis
of what makes the human mind unique.
Chapter II "Evolution of the Human Mind" combines latest
genetics research and archeological discoveries to help readers understand
hominid evolution. The author discusses the forces that influenced the
development of the hominid intelligence and offers a step-by-step theory that
links improvement in visual information processing to speech development and to
the types of stone tools manufactured by the hominids.
Chapter III "The Neurological Basis of Conscious Experience"
takes the reader on an exciting journey into the neurobiology of the human mind.
The author introduces the reader to the structure and function of the brain and
then presents recent insights into brain organization derived from cognitive
psychology, brain imaging, animal experiments, and the studies of patients with
diseases of the brain. The book concludes with a unifying theory of the mind and
a discussion of the evolution of the human brain and the uniqueness of the human
mind from the neurological perspective.
Audience:
The book speaks best to readers who want to approach the mind from a
scientific perspective. The book is written in easy-to-read engaging style. No
previous knowledge in psychology, paleoanthropology, or neuroscience is
necessary.