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4.0 out of 5 stars
Makes the mind work,
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This review is from: The Mind (Hardcover)
Emphasizing the intersection of neuroscience and psychology, this book examines various aspects of our "selves", from addiction to violence and from growth to aging. Restak provides many pictorial examples of experiments as well as P.E.T. scans and EEG output to particularly show neurological locations of brain functions. Perhaps the most evocative for me were the chapters on thinking and language. Is language uniquely human? Does language depend upon mind or mind depend upon language? He also brings up the mind as "computer" model which probably was more popular in 1988 when the book was written. This is a well-written book, with a fairly broad perspective from Descartes to the modern. The chapters on depression and violence particularly bring up the questions of mind-body dichotomies. Restak also discusses ethical problems, such as whether a person is responsible for a crime that may be a fault of the person's physiology.
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The Official Companion Volume to the Landmark PBS Television,
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This review is from: The Mind (Hardcover)
Successor to The Brain, The Mind based on the 9-part TV series is a study of what make us who we are, our passions, talents, etc Human brain Human mind Talents, thoughts, Passions, etc.
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The Mind by Richard Restak (Hardcover - September 1, 1988)
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