The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds

The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds
Author: Alain Berthoz
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2017-01-09
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0674088956
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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.


The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds
Language: en
Pages: 224

The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds

Authors: Alain Berthoz
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-01-09 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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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 vi
Before Consciousness
Language: en
Pages: 456

Before Consciousness

Authors: Zdravko Radman
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-24 - Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

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Without consciousness we would not have the experientially flavoured world we have, but without the non-conscious we would not have it at all; for we would not
3-System Theory of the Cognitive Brain
Language: en
Pages: 134

3-System Theory of the Cognitive Brain

Authors: Olivier Houdé
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-01-18 - Publisher: Routledge

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3-System Theory of the Cognitive Brain: A Post-Piagetian Approach to Cognitive Development puts forward Olivier Houdé’s 3-System theory of the cognitive brai
Space-Time Geometries for Motion and Perception in the Brain and the Arts
Language: en
Pages: 265

Space-Time Geometries for Motion and Perception in the Brain and the Arts

Authors: Tamar Flash
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-04 - Publisher: Springer Nature

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This book is based on a two-day symposium at the Paris Institute of Advanced Study titled "space-time geometries and movement in the brain and the arts". It inc
Learning as Interactivity, Movement, Growth and Becoming, Volume 1
Language: en
Pages: 273

Learning as Interactivity, Movement, Growth and Becoming, Volume 1

Authors: Mark E. King
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-07-28 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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The two inter-linked volumes in this series are dedicated to the development of analysis and theorisation of learning and teaching in higher education. The two