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by Michael S.A. Graziano

Book Overview

What is consciousness and how can a brain, a mere collection of neurons, create it? In Consciousness and the Social Brain, Princeton neuroscientist Michael Graziano lays out an audacious new theory to account for the deepest mystery of them all. The human brain has evolved a complex circuitry that allows it to be socially intelligent. This social machinery has only just begun to be studied in detail. One function of this circuitry is to attribute...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190263199
• ISBN13: 9780190263195
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"