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Mistaken Identity: The Mind-Brain Problem Reconsidered (SUNY series in Science, Technology, and Society) - Softcover

Brothers, Leslie

 
9780791451885: Mistaken Identity: The Mind-Brain Problem Reconsidered (SUNY series in Science, Technology, and Society)

Synopsis

This "unauthorized biography" of cognitive neuroscience unveils hidden errors in current mind-body accounts and sheds new light on basic scientific issues.

Neuroscientist Leslie Brothers argues that our understanding of the brain is determined by popular beliefs about the mind. She critiques "neuroism," which explains the mind in terms of individual brains, and shows that widely held assumptions about the promise of contemporary brain research are largely false. This book opens up new territory as it uncovers the real connections among human biology, human sociality, and the mind.

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About the Author

Leslie Brothers is a private consultant in Los Angeles and the author of Friday's Footprint: How Society Shapes the Human Mind.

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