The vicarious brain, creator of worlds / Alain Berthoz ; translated by Giselle Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berthoz, A., author.

Contributor:

Weiss, Giselle, translator.

Standardized Title:

Vicariance. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Adaptability (Psychology).

Adjustment (Psychology).

Mind and reality.

Brain.

Identity (Psychology).

Avatars (Virtual reality).

Physical Description:

viii, 215 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance--when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think creatively in an increasingly complex world.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue

Introduction

Part I. The vicarious act

1. The brain as a problem-solver

2. Perceiving and acting

3. The personal body, self, and identity

4. Vicariance and changing perspective

Part II. Ontogenesis and plasticity

5. The stages of vicariance

6. Vicariance and brain plasticity

Part III. Vicariance and sharing emotions

7. Sympathy and empathy

8. Vicarious emotion

Part IV. Education

9. Vicarious learning

Epilogue.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

"First published as La Vicariance: Le cerveau créateur de mondes (c) Odile Jacob, 2013."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674088955

0674088956

OCLC:

946907407