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A new theory of mind : the theory of narrative thought / by Lee Roy Beach with Byron L Bissell ; commentary by James A Wise.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beach, Lee Roy, author.
- Bissell, Byron L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thought and thinking.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
- Summary:
- This book presents a unique and intuitively compelling way of understanding how humans think. It argues that narratives are the natural mode of thinking, that the "urge" to think narratively reflects known neurological processes, and that, although narrative thinking is a product of evolution, it enables us to transcend our evolutionary limits and actively shape our own futures.In remarkably engaging language, the authors describe how the currency of neural activity in the brain is transformed into the qualitatively different currency of conscious experience-the everyday, purposeful, story-lik
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 16, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-9312-9
- OCLC:
- 949669859
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