Książka Electrical Patterns Began Calling Themselves Human Evan Mercert

Electrical Patterns Began Calling Themselves Human

Brain imaging, neural perception, and memory formation in modern cognitive neuroscience.DE

Autor: Evan Mercert
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydawca: epubli
Dostępność: 50 % szansa
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The human mind once appeared separate from the machinery of the body. Modern neuroscience has steadi...

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Autor
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2026
strony
248
EAN
9783565477715
Enbook ID
52824555
Wydawca
Waga
758
Wymiary
210 x 297 x 14

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The human mind once appeared separate from the machinery of the body. Modern neuroscience has steadily dismantled that assumption by revealing how thought, memory, and perception emerge from measurable physical processes inside the brain. Consciousness increasingly resembles activity rather than mystery.This book examines the scientific foundations of cognitive neuroscience through recent advances in brain imaging and neural mapping. Functional scans, electrophysiological studies, and computational models allow researchers to identify physical networks associated with visual perception, memory consolidation, and emotional response. Conscious experience appears less as a singular phenomenon than as coordinated activity distributed across interacting neural systems.The narrative also follows the growing influence of materialist theories of mind. Rather than treating consciousness as evidence of a separate soul or metaphysical essence, many scientists now interpret awareness as a byproduct of biological computation. The implications extend far beyond laboratories. Legal systems, psychiatric medicine, and ethical debates increasingly confront evidence suggesting that human decision-making may be more neurologically constrained than previously believed.The history of consciousness research therefore becomes part of a larger question about whether human identity can remain philosophically stable once the brain is understood as physical infrastructure alone.