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The Man Who Tasted Shapes
In this medical detective adventure, Cytowic shows how synesthesia, or "joined sensation," illuminates a wide swath of mental life and leads to a new view of what it means to be …
The Evolution of Morality
Moral thinking pervades our practical lives, but where did this way of thinking come from, and what purpose does it serve? Is it to be explained by environmental pressures on our …
Advice for a Young Investigator
An anecdotal guide for the perplexed new investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro, covering everything from valuable personality traits for an investigator to …
Brain Fiction
Some neurological patients exhibit a striking tendency to confabulate-to construct false answers to a question while genuinely believing that they are telling the truth. A stroke …
Being No One
According to Thomas Metzinger, no such things as selves exist in the world: nobody ever had or was a self. All that exists are phenomenal selves, as they appear in conscious …
Metacognition
Metacognition offers an up-to-date compendium of major scientific issues involved in metacognition. The twelve original contributions provide a concise statement of theoretical and …
The Mind within the Net
A highly readable, non-mathematical introduction to neural networks-computer models that help us to understand how we perceive, think, feel, and act.How does the brain work? How do …
Essential Sources in the Scientific Study of Consciousness
Consciousness is at the very core of the human condition. Yet only in recent decades has it become a major focus in the brain and behavioral sciences. Scientists now know that …
The Intentional Stance
How are we able to understand and anticipate each other in everyday life, in our daily interactions? Through the use of such "folk" concepts as belief, desire, intention, and …
Methods in Neuronal Modeling
Much research focuses on the question of how information is processed in nervous systems, from the level of individual ionic channels to large-scale neuronal networks, and from …
Preference, Belief, and Similarity
Amos Tversky (1937-1996), a towering figure in cognitive and mathematical psychology, devoted his professional life to the study of similarity, judgment, and decision making. He …
Cycles of Contingency
The nature/nurture debate is not dead. Dichotomous views of development still underlie many fundamental debates in the biological and social sciences. Developmental systems theory …