| You and Me: The Neuroscience of Identity Contributor(s): Greenfield, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1907903348 ISBN-13: 9781907903342 Publisher: Notting Hill Editions OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Neuroscience - Psychology | Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology - Medical | Psychiatry - General |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.8" W x 7.4" (0.40 lbs) 156 pages |
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| Publisher Description: What is it that makes you distinct from me? Identity is a term much used but hard to define. For that very reason, it has long been a topic of fascination for philosophers but has been regarded with aversion by neuroscientists--until now. Susan Greenfield takes us on a journey in search of a biological interpretation of this most elusive of concepts, guiding us through the social and psychiatric perspectives and ultimately to the heart of the physical brain. Greenfield argues that as the brain adapts exquisitely to environment, the cultural challenges of the twenty-first century with its screen-based technologies mean that we are facing unprecedented changes to identity itself. |