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The accidental mind / David J. Linden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Linden, David J., 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Popular works.
- Brain.
- Brain--Evolution.
- Neuropsychology.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- In this learned work, neuroscientist Linden counters the widespread assumption that the brain is a paragon of design--and instead gives an explanation of how the brain's evolution has resulted in nothing short of forming humanity.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Brain, Explained 1
- 1 The Inelegant Design of the Brain 5
- 2 Building a Brain with Yesterday's Parts 28
- 3 Some Assembly Required 50
- 4 Sensation and Emotion 82
- 5 Learning, Memory, and Human Individuality 107
- 6 Love and Sex 145
- 7 Sleeping and Dreaming 184
- 8 The Religious Impulse 221
- 9 The Unintelligent Design of the Brain 235
- Epilogue: That Middle Thing 247.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-263) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674024788
- 9780674024786
- OCLC:
- 72799724
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