The mind : its nature and origin / Christiaan D. van der Velde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Velde, Christiaan D. van der.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition.

Mind and body.

Mental representation.

Physical Description:

242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004.

Contents:

The emergence of cognition

Dialectical events and dialectical notions

Cognition as a dialectical experience

Mental images, mental functions, and the mind

Perception and mental representations

Mnemonic fusions

The neuronal matrix of visual mental representations

Left and right visual mental representations

The neural network of language

Actualization of mental representations

Ego, superego, id

The neurophysiology of dreaming

The mind-body problem

Body images, definition, and structures

Psychological functions of extraneous body images

Psychological functions of images of the bodily self

The human encounter: another dialectical event

Mind-body interactions

Formation of personality

Psychopathology

Psychotherapy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index.

ISBN:

1591021901

OCLC:

54611038