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The Predictive Brain: Consciousness, Decision and Embodied Action
Mauro Maldonato
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Paperback. During the lengthy and complex process of human evolution our ancestors had to adapt to testing situations in which survival depended on making rapid choices that subjected muscles and body to extreme tension. In order to seize a prey travelling at 36 km per hour Homo sapiens had just thousandths of a second in which to prepare the appropriate .. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 180.
During the lengthy and complex process of human evolution our ancestors had to adapt to testing situations in which survival depended on making rapid choices that subjected muscles and body to extreme tension. In order to seize a prey travelling at 36 km per hour Homo sapiens had just thousandths of a second in which to prepare the appropriate gesture. While we are no longer faced with such an environment, our brain continues to use the adaptive mechanisms, enabling us to avoid danger and sense interlocutor intentions. This book sets out to show that our brain is not only a ... Read more
During the lengthy and complex process of human evolution our ancestors had to adapt to testing situations in which survival depended on making rapid choices that subjected muscles and body to extreme tension. In order to seize a prey travelling at 36 km per hour Homo sapiens had just thousandths of a second in which to prepare the appropriate gesture. While we are no longer faced with such an environment, our brain continues to use the adaptive mechanisms, enabling us to avoid danger and sense interlocutor intentions. This book sets out to show that our brain is not only a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
178 g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845196394
SKU
V9781845196394
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99-50
About Mauro Maldonato
Mauro Maldonato is an Italian psychiatrist, professor at Universita degli Studi della Basilicata of Matera. His academic formation includes studies at the La Sapienza University (Rome), Federico II (Naples), London School of Economics, and the Ecole des hautes etudes (Paris). He has been a recurrent visiting professor at the Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Pontificia Universidade Catolica (PUC) di Sao ... Read more
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