Mind Within the Brain: How We Make Decisions and How Those Decisions Go Wrong - Hardcover

Redish, A. David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199891885 ISBN 13: 9780199891887

Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR, 2013

Synopsis

In The Mind within the Brain, David Redish brings together cutting edge research in psychology, robotics, economics, neuroscience, and the new fields of neuroeconomics and computational psychiatry, to offer a unified theory of human decision-making. Most importantly, Redish shows how vulnerabilities, or "failure-modes," in the decision-making system can lead to serious dysfunctions, such as irrational behavior, addictions, problem gambling, and PTSD.

Told with verve and humor in an easily readable style, Redish makes these difficult concepts understandable. Ranging widely from the surprising roles of emotion, habit, and narrative in decision-making, to the larger philosophical questions of how mind and brain are related, what makes us human, the nature of morality, free will, and the conundrum of robotics and consciousness, The Mind within the Brain offers fresh insight into one of the most complex aspects of human behavior.

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Mind Within the Brain In The Mind within the Brain, David Redish brings together cutting edge research in psychology, robotics, economics, neuroscience, and the new fields of neuroeconomics and computational psychiatry, to offer a unified theory of human decision-making. Full description

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The Mind Within the Brain is a very valuable introduction to the neuroscientific paradigm and to understanding how we make choices. It is an enjoyable read, easy to relate to and very educational... is ambitious in its scope and style; not only does he want to explain how action-selection systems work in the brain, but also how they malfunction whilst delving into the philosophical and ethical consequences of analysing the mind in such a manner. (Jodie Russell (University of Edinburgh), British Society for Literature and Science)

From drinking that fifth Martini to choosing a career, decisions shape our lives. In his study of the science of decision-making, neuroscientist David Redish keeps a cool head in an overheated theoretical arena. Synthesizing findings in psychology, robotics and more, he takes us from brain physiology to aspects of mind. His own decision-making model involves multiple action-selection systems, failures in which can lead to behaviours such as compulsive gambling. Well researched and delivered with a light touch. (Nature, August 2013)

About this edition

• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0199891885
• ISBN 13: 9780199891887
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392