Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin? In their famous 1998 paper "The Extended Mind," philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers posed this question and answered it provocatively: cognitive processes "ain't all in the head." The environment has an active role in driving cognition; cognition is sometimes made up of neural, bodily, and environmental processes....(展开全部)

The ability to communicate through language is such a fundamental part of human existence that we often take it for granted, rarely considering how sophisticated the process is by which we understand and make ourselves understood. In The Extended Mind, acclaimed author Robert K. Logan examines the origin, emergence, and co-evolution of language, the human mind, and culture. Bui...(展开全部)

How is life related to the mind? The question has long confounded philosophers and scientists, and it is this so-called explanatory gap between biological life and consciousness that Evan Thompson explores in "Mind in Life". Thompson draws upon sources as diverse as molecular biology, evolutionary theory, artificial life, complex systems theory, neuroscience, psychology, contin...(展开全部)

How is life related to the mind? The question has long confounded philosophers and scientists, and it is this so-called explanatory gap between biological life and consciousness that Evan Thompson explores in Mind in Life. Thompson draws upon sources as diverse as molecular biology, evolutionary theory, artificial life, complex systems theory, neuroscience, psychology, Continen...(展开全部)

The ability to communicate through language is such a fundamental part of human existence that we often take it for granted, rarely considering how sophisticated the process is by which we understand and make ourselves understood. In The Extended Mind, acclaimed author Robert K. Logan examines the origin, emergence, and co-evolution of language, the human mind, and culture. Bui...(展开全部)

Authoritative, applied, and accessible Written by world-renowned researchers, including Michael Gazzaniga, Cognitive Neuroscience remains the gold standard in its field, showcasing the latest discoveries and clinical applications. In its new Fifth Edition, updated material is woven into the narrative of each chapter and featured in new Hot Science and Lessons from the Clinic se...(展开全部)

本书的三位作者都是国际认知神经科学界的著名人物，其中Gazzaniga教授是认知神经科学的重要创始人之一，他曾经是诺贝尔生理学奖得主Roger W. Sperry的学生和同事。Gazzaniga教授除了编撰这本教科书之外，还主编一套大型的《认知神经科学》文集，由麻省理工学院出版社出版，2009年已经出版了第四版。 译者简介：周晓林　教授，北京大学脑科学与认知科学中心主任、心理学系主任，国务院学位委员会心理学评议组成员，中国心理学会普通心理与实验心理分会会长，东南大学、中山大学等学校兼职教授。1992年获得英国剑桥大学博士学位，1999年回国工作；2001年获得中共中央组织部、人事部和中国科学技术协会颁发的“中国青年科技奖”, 2004年获得教育部颁发的“高等学校自然科学奖”一等奖；2008年所指导博士生获得“全国百篇优秀博士论文奖”。周晓林教授是多家...(展开全部)

Taking a highly interdisciplinary approach, the authors balance cognitive theory, with neuroscientific and neuropsychological evidence to reveal what we currently know about how the human mind works and to encourage students to think like cognitive neuroscientists. The text has been reorganized to move more seamlessly from micro to macro level topics, and its underlying pedagog...(展开全部)

From reviews of the hardback: "A fascinating book which deserves a wide audience." European Medical Journal "a very significant contribution to the field of evolutionary thinking on human psychology and culture." British Journal of Medical Psychology Researchers have long been aware that the species-typical architecture of the human mind is the product of our evolutionary histo...(展开全部)