The neurophysics of human behavior : explorations at the interface of brain, mind, behavior, and information / Mark Evan Furman, Fred P. Gallo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Furman, Mark Evan.

Contributor:

Gallo, Fred P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive neuroscience.

Neuropsychiatry.

Biophysics.

Biological Psychiatry.

Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical.

Medical Subjects:

Biological Psychiatry.

Biophysics.

Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical.

Physical Description:

355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2000]

Summary:

How do brain, mind, matter, and energy interact? Can we create a comprehensive model of the mind and brain, their interactions, and their influences? Synthesizing research from neuroscience, physics, biology, systems science, information science, psychology, and the cognitive sciences, The Neurophysics of Human Behavior advances a unified theory of brain, mind, behavior and information. This groundbreaking work helps you more deeply understand, more accurately predict, and more effectively change human behavior - a significant contribution to the fields of psychology, education, medicine, communications, and human relations. Cognitive neurophysics, as detailed in this work, presents an integrated perspective of brain, mind, behavior, thoughts, and nature. The distinguished authors emphasize the need to view psychological science - and our image of the "self" - in the context of the physical world: matter, energy, and natural laws. NeuroPrint is the powerful application model of this perspective. This comprehensive, detailed algorithm defines the network of interactions that develop brain, mind, behavior, thoughts, and emotions and redefines the meaning of psychotherapeutic intervention. The Neurophysics of Human Behavior gives the background, tools, and methods for intervention and modeling. It outlines the systematic, behavioral approach of NeuroPrint, promising to promote a deep understanding of the process of human change. Using The Neurophysics of Human Behavior, practitioners and researchers can plot and gauge the paths of change in neurocognitive dynamics and the improvements in mental health.

Contents:

Sect. I: The standard theory: pattern-entropy dynamics of matter and energy interaction

Ch. 1. The five missing pieces: advances toward a unified science of neurocognitive intervention

Ch. 2. The ubiquity of pattern in man and nature: exploring the fundamental properties of brain, mind, behavior, information, and change

Ch. 3. Hidden order and the orgins of pattern: thermodynamics, pattern, and the human brain

Ch. 4. Memetics: the behavior of information patterns

Ch. 5. The life of the mind: infogenesis and information translation in the language of pattern

Sect. II: Neuroprint and the standard theory of pattern-entropy dynamics

Ch. 6. Neuroprint - purpose and preliminaries

Ch. 7. Developing a Neuroprint of cognitive neurodynamics

Ch. 8. Neuroprint analysis: understanding cognitive neurodynamics

Ch. 9. Intervention and change

Appendix 1. Understanding cognitive-neurodynamic states, experiences, and cognitive phenomena

Appendix 2. Submodal behaviors (submodalities)

Appendix 3. Classification and organization of intervention tools and methods: NLP, eye movement methods, and energy psychology

Appendix 4. Neuroprint templates for data collection and organization

Sect. III: Tools for intervention: modeling, influencing, and changing cognitive neurodynamics

Sect. III -Part 1: Preliminary considerations for modeling human expertise

Ch. 10. The science and practice of human performance modeling and engineering

Sect. III -Part 2: Performance modeling and tools of intervention

Ch. 11. Neurocognitive modeling: the art and science of capturing the invisible

Ch. 12. Foundations of neurocognitive modeling: eye movement, a window to the brain

Sect. III -Part 3: Information processing, representation, organization, and destabilization in the human brain

Ch. 13. Neocortical dynamics of persuasion and influence

Ch. 14. Submodalities, cognitive neurodynamics, and change

Ch. 15. Neocortical dynamics of metaphor

Ch. 16. The neurophysics of hypnosis

Sect. III -Part 4: Performance engineering: tools and principles of neurocognitive pattern modification

Ch. 17. Life, death, and anchoring

Ch. 18. Neurophysics and the principles of anchoring

Ch. 19. Neurophysics, self-organization, and anchoring

Sect. III -Part 5: Glossary of neurophysics, nonlinear science, and dynamical systems terminology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-348) and index.

ISBN:

0849313082

OCLC:

43561650