Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental WorldWritten by one of the world’s leading neuroscientists, Making Up the Mind is the first accessible account of experimental studies showing how the brain creates our mental world.
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Contents
Clues from a Damaged Brain | |
What a Normal Brain Tells Us about | |
What the Brain Tells Us about Our Bodies | |
Getting Ahead by Prediction | |
Our Perception of the World Is a Fantasy | |
How Brains Model Minds | |
Sharing Minds How the Brain Creates | |
Fully Closing the Loop | |
Me and My Brain | |
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