The Mindful Brain: Cortical Organization and the Group-Selective Theory of Higher Brain Function

by Gerald M. Edelman and Vernon B. Mountcastle

Book Overview

A proposal by two eminent biological scientists for a mechanism whereby mind becomes manifest from the operations of brain tissue. This significant contribution to neuroscience consists of two papers, the first by Mountcastle an, the second by Edelman. Between them, they examine from different but complementary directions the relationships that connect the higher brain--memory, learning, perception, thinking--with what goes on at the most basic levels...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262550075
• ISBN13: 9780262550079
• Release Date: March 1982
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher