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Format: Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 212
Utgivningsdatum: 2010-05-07
Förlag: iUniverse
Illustrationer: Illustrations, black and white
Dimensioner: 229 x 152 x 16 mm
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Komponenter: 8:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Blue Cloth w/Jacket on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN: 9781450222693

Root of Thought

Name: Root of Thought
Price: 328.00 SEK
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Author: Henry Kong Md
ISBN: 9781450222693

Reflections on Neuroscience

av Henry Kong Md

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010-05-07

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Consciousness is a clever adaptation for
life as a social ape. But like all adaptations, it has its
limits. Lion claws and butterfly wings are made of tissue
and proteins that require proper diet and maintenance to
keep their integrity. Likewise, a fully functioning
conscious system is a phenomenon that requires a
well-nourished neural substrate to keep it going. It is
important to point out that a healthy brain is necessary but
not sufficient for consciousness, because not all of the
brain is conscious. There are great swaths of brain that are
crucially important for maintaining the vegetative functions
of homeostasis such as breathing, heartbeat, temperature,
and sleep. With a hundred billion neurons and a hundred
trillion synapses, the brain is the most complex adaptation
known. Yet we know shockingly little about how it enables
the human mind to become conscious, make decisions, believe
in God, and behave morally. However, recent discoveries in
cognitive neuroscience, behavioral genetics, and
evolutionary psychology are beginning to revolutionize old
conceptions of nature and nurture, reason and passion, and
automatic versus willfully chosen actions. Root of Thought
will take readers on a remarkable journey through the
landscape of the mind in search of its biological basis.

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Henry Kong, MD was born in Seoul,
South Korea, in 1968. He has been intrigued by the
mysteries of the mind for as long as he can remember. He
studied biology at MIT, philosophy at Oxford, and
medicine at Rutgers. He is an internist in private
practice in Toms River, New Jersey.