The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences
| Author: | Alain Berthoz | ISBN: | 9780674972810 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | January 9, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alain Berthoz |
| ISBN: | 9780674972810 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | January 9, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance—when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think creatively in an increasingly complex world.
Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance—when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think creatively in an increasingly complex world.
