The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds / Alain Berthoz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berthoz, A., author.

Contributor:

Weiss, Giselle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adaptability (Psychology).

Adjustment (Psychology).

Mind and reality.

Brain.

Identity (Psychology).

Avatars (Virtual reality).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

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:

Frontmatter

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 Emotions

Part IV: Education

9. Vicarious Learning

Epilogue

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Sep 2018)

ISBN:

9780674972810

0674972813

9780674972834

067497283X

OCLC:

967283031