Book description
Mind & Brain for Beginners examines a profound and mysterious puzzle: how does the biological tissue which makes up the brain give rise to the activities which our culture refers to as "the Mind"? In everyday terms, how does the three pounds of electric sponge stowed in the top of your head allow you to experience awe and enchantment in front of an evening landscape, and then make you remember the shopping, say "Damn!" and head off to the supermarket?
Here’s a beginner’s guide to planning and action, language, memory, attention, emotions and vision. It explains what the sciences have to say about these topics, and traces the historical development of ideas about the brain and its function from antiquity to the age of neuro-imaging.
Through a clear combination of words and images, writer Angus Gellatly and award-winning artist Oscar Zarate invite the reader to take a fresh look at the nature of mind, consciousness and personal identity.
