The predictive brain : consciousness, decision and embodied action / Mauro Maldonato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maldonato, Mauro.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decision making--Psychological aspects.

Decision making.

Cognitive neuroscience.

Brain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Eastbourne, England : Sussex Academic Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An investigation of the working of the human mind, this book sets out to show that the brain is not only a reactive mechanism, but rather proactive, allowing people to make hypotheses, anticipate consequences, and formulate expectations. The book discusses how the evolution of motor modes of behavior, such as the ability to construct and manipulate instruments, has given rise to an "embodied logic" underpinning not only action and prediction but also gestures and syllable sequences that are the basis of human communication. This book then looks

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 At the Origin of the Experience of the Self; 2 The Roots of Conscious Awareness; 3 Consciousness: A Multilevel Framework; 4 Between Conscious Global Workspace and Unconscious Levels; 5 Does a Hierarchy of Nervous Functions Exist?; 6 Movement's Architectures; 7 The Origin of Movements; 8 Ecological Rationality: Intuition, Decision and Other Evolution Strategies; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78284-138-5

OCLC:

871258347