Isbn: 9781107027756 - the neuroscience of freedom and creativity: our predictive brain (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. A scientific, uniquely factual account of the role of the brain in freedom and creativity. Num Pages: 300 pages, 4 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: JMM; JMR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 606. . 2013. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 268 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Joaquín M. Fuster is an eminent cognitive neuroscientist whose research over the last five decades has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the neural structures underlying cognition and behaviour. This book provides his view on the eternal question of whether we have free will. Based on his seminal work on the functions of the prefrontal cortex in decision-making, planning, creativity, working memory, and language, Professor Fuster argues that the liberty or freedom to choose between alternatives is a function of the cerebral cortex, under prefrontal control, in its reciprocal interaction with the environment. Freedom is therefore inseparable from that circular relationship. The Neuroscience of Freedom and Creativity is a fascinating inquiry into the cerebral foundation of our ability to choose between alternative actions and to freely lead creative plans to their goal.…