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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “philip gerrans”
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  • Anatomy of an Avatar

    The virtual self in pathologies of self awareness

    by Prof Philip Gerrans ...
    Series series International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry
    This book applies a powerful framework in computational neuroscience (predictive coding and active inference) to explain psychiatric disorders that are characterised by pathologies of self-awareness. It shows how the self is best conceived of as an avatar or model made by the brain for the fundamental purpose of optimising basic bodily function. That avatar integrates and coordinates ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Philosophical Perspectives on Psychedelic Psychiatry

    Edited by Chris Letheby, Philip Gerrans ...
    Series series International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry
    A recent wave of research in psychiatry and neuroscience has re-examined the properties of “classic” psychedelic substances - also known as serotonergic hallucinogens - such as psilocybin, LSD, and DMT. Evidence to date suggests that psychedelics can be given safely in controlled conditions, at moderate to high doses, and may have potential as therapeutic agents in the treatment of various ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Measure of Madness

    Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Delusional Thought

    by Philip Gerrans ...
    Series series Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology
    Drawing on the latest work in cognitive neuroscience, a philosopher proposes that delusions are narrative models that accommodate anomalous experiences.In The Measure of Madness, Philip Gerrans offers a novel explanation of delusion. Over the last two decades, philosophers and cognitive scientists have investigated explanations of delusion that interweave philosophical questions about the nature ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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  • On the Frontiers of Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience

    Essays in Honor of Eric R. Kandel

    by Dr. Joseph LeDoux, Ph.D ...
    Building crucial bridges between psychoanalysis and the neurosciences, this compelling volume brings together prominent authorities from multiple disciplines. The volume highlights the contributions of Eric R. Kandel, whose seminal articles helped launch the fledgling field of neuropsychoanalysis. Contributors address what contemporary neuroscientific research reveals about how psychoanalytic ... Read more

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  • The Psychological Construction of Emotion

    by Joseph E. LeDoux, PhD ...
    This volume presents cutting-edge theory and research on emotions as constructed events rather than fixed, essential entities. It provides a thorough introduction to the assumptions, hypotheses, and scientific methods that embody psychological constructionist approaches. Leading scholars examine the neurobiological, cognitive/perceptual, and social processes that give rise to the experiences ... Read more

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  • Neurolinguistics

    by Giosue Baggio ...
    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    An accessible introduction to the study of language in the brain, covering language processing, language acquisition, literacy, and language disorders.Neurolinguistics, the study of language in the brain, describes the anatomical structures (networks of neurons in the brain) and physiological processes (ways for these networks to be active) that allow humans to learn and use one or more languages. ... Read more

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  • Working Memory Capacity

    by Nelson Cowan ...
    Series series Essays in Cognitive Psychology
    The idea of one's memory "filling up" is a humorous misconception of how memory in general is thought to work; it is actually has no capacity limit. However, the idea of a "full brain" makes more sense with reference to working memory, which is the limited amount of information a person can hold temporarily in an especially accessible form for use in the completion of almost any challenging ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Spontaneous Thought

    Mind-Wandering, Creativity, and Dreaming

    Edited by Kieran C.R. Fox, Kalina Christoff ...
    Series series Oxford Library of Psychology
    Where do spontaneous thoughts come from? It may be surprising that the seemingly straightforward answers "from the mind" or "from the brain" are in fact an incredibly recent understanding of the origins of spontaneous thought. For nearly all of human history, our thoughts - especially the most sudden, insightful, and important - were almost universally ascribed to divine or other external sources. ... Read more

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  • Encyclopedia of Consciousness

    Edited by William P. Banks ...
    Consciousness has long been a subject of interest in philosophy and religion but only relatively recently has it become subject to scientific investigation. Now, more than ever before, we are beginning to understand this mental state. Developmental psychologists understand when we first develop a sense of self; neuropsychologists see which parts of the brain activate when we think about ourselves ... Read more

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  • NeuroAnalysis

    Bridging the Gap between Neuroscience, Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry

    by Avi Peled ...
    NeuroAnalysis investigates using the neural network and neural computation models to bridge the divide between psychology, psychoanalysis, and neuroscience when diagnosing mental health disorders and prescribing treatment.Avi Peled builds on Freud's early attempts to explain the neural basis of mental health by introducing neural computation as a bridging science to explain psychiatric disorders. ... Read more

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  • Perceptual and Emotional Embodiment

    Foundations of Embodied Cognition Volume 1

    Edited by Yann Coello, Martin H. Fischer ...
    This two-volume set provides a comprehensive overview of the multidisciplinary field of Embodied Cognition. With contributions from internationally acknowledged researchers from a variety of fields, Foundations of Embodied Cognition reveals how intelligent behaviour emerges from the interplay between brain, body and environment.Covering early research and emerging trends in embodied cognition, ... Read more

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