From Axons to Identity: Neurological Explorations of the Nature of the Self (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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A leading neuroscientist offers an intriguing scientific journey 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, this book examines the link between brain and identity in fascinating new ways. Dr. Feinberg begins by highlighting case studies of individuals with brain pathologies and unusual psychiatric syndromes that cause them to deny parts of the body or believe in the presence of mysterious imposters or imaginary friends. Feinberg offers a new hierarchical model of the neurobiological basis of the self which holds the key to understanding how the brain creates mental unity and even consciousness itself. Sure to be much-debated and highly influential, From Axons to Identity proposes a new view of the processes of the brain and the self that is unique and revelatory.