
Synaptic Self
How Our Brains Become Who We Are
Joseph Ledoux(Author)
Penguin USA (Publisher)
Published on 28. January 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-14-200178-3 (ISBN)
Description
In 1996 Joseph LeDoux's The Emotional Brain presented a revelatory examination of the biological bases of our emotions and memories. Now, the world-renowned expert on the brain has produced with a groundbreaking work that tells a more profound story: how the little spaces between the neurons—the brain's synapses—are the channels through which we think, act, imagine, feel, and remember. Synapses encode the essence of personality, enabling each of us to function as a distinctive, integrated individual from moment to moment. Exploring the functioning of memory, the synaptic basis of mental illness and drug addiction, and the mechanism of self-awareness, Synaptic Self is a provocative and mind-expanding work that is destined to become a classic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
525 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-200178-3 (9780142001783)
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01/2003
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Person
Joseph LeDoux is Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science at New York University's Center for Neural Sciences. He is the author of The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life and coauthor (with Michael Gazzaniga) of The Integrated Mind.
Content
Synaptic SelfAcknowledgments
1. The Big One
2. Seeking The Self
3. The Most Unaccountable Of Machinery
4. Building The Brain
5. Adventures In Time
6. Small Change
7. The Mental Trilogy
8. The Emotional Brain Revisited
9. The Lost World
10. Synaptic Sickness
11. Who Are You?
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