After Phrenology
Neural Reuse and the Interactive Brain
$87.63
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
14 December 2021
Summary
The computer analogy of the mind has been as widely adopted in contemporary cognitive neuroscience as was the analogy of the brain as a collection of organs in phrenology. Just as the phrenologist would insist that each organ must have its particular function, so contemporary cognitive neuroscience is committed to the notion that each brain region must have its fundamental computation.
In After Phrenology, Michael Anderson argues that to achieve a fully post-phrenological sci…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262544733 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262544733 |
| Author: | Michael L. Anderson |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 14 December 2021 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Michael L. Anderson
Michael L. Anderson is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and a member of the graduate faculty in the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was a 2012-13 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
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