Gerald M. Edelman

Biology of consciousness

Biology of consciousness

How do we think? What makes us conscious beings, capable of remembering, perceiving the world around us, and experiencing emotions? This book presents all the mechanisms that make up the human mind and takes stock of the revolution brought about by neuroscience: the biology of the brain and the study of its evolution are on the verge of providing us with the key to consciousness itself. --This text refers to an out-of-print or unavailable edition of this title.

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