From Axons to Identity: Neurological Explorations of the Nature of the Self: 0 (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) - Hardcover

Buch 17 von 82: Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology

Feinberg, Todd E.

 
9780393705577: From Axons to Identity: Neurological Explorations of the Nature of the Self: 0 (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0393705579 ISBN 13: 9780393705577
Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

What can dementia, delusions, and other neurological disorders teach us about how the brain creates personal identity and a unified sense of self? Here, a leading neurobiologist offers an intriguing scientific approach to understanding the neurobiology of the self.

Drawing on both the latest neuroscientific research, as well as the author's decades of experience with neurological patients, From Axons to Identity examines the link between brain and identity in fascinating new ways. Dr. Feinberg presents case studies of individuals with brain pathologies and unusual psychiatric syndromes that cause them to deny parts of their bodies or believe in the presence of mysterious imposters or imaginary friends, and then presents a groundbreaking new theory of these conditions that relates them to the normal course of psychological development. By examining what goes wrong in individuals with these conditions, Dr. Feinberg presents an engaging new theory with far-reaching implications for the link between brain and identity. From Axons to Identity proposes a new view of the processes of the brain and the self that is unique and revelatory.

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Todd E. Feinberg, MD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Chief of the Yarmon Neurobehavior and Alzheimer’s Disease Center at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, is internationally recognized as a leading authority on how the neurobiology of the brain creates the individual’s sense of identity. Dr. Feinberg has been featured on Dateline NBC, The Leonard Lopate Show, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, The Learning Channel, among other appearances. Dr. Feinberg is the author of Altered Egos: How the Brain Creates the Self and has written nearly 100 articles, abstracts, or books.

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Verlag
WW Norton & Co
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0393705579
ISBN 13 
9780393705577
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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