Langbeschreibung
"Essential reading for the devout, the agnostic, and the atheist. In tackling the question of the religious brain, Graziano is respectful, sincere, and scientifically plausible. This might even be an Important Book."-Sam Wang, author of Welcome to Your Brain
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part 1: The MindChapter 1: The intention behind the event. 13Chapter 2: Perceiving the minds of other people. 21Chapter 3: Social Illusions. 31Chapter 4: Explaining consciousness. 59Chapter 5: Qualia. 83Part 2: BrainChapter 6: The basics of the brain. 93Chapter 7: Face neurons, gaze neurons,prowl neurons. 109Chapter 8: Mirror neurons. 125Chapter 9: Down the rabbit hole:Emotion in the depths of the brain. 137Chapter 10: Memes and the brain. 147Suggested Further Reading 161Author 163