Brain Fiction
Self-Deception and the Riddle of Confabulation
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302 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2006
Summary
Some neurological patients exhibit a striking tendency to confabulate-to construct false answers to a question while genuinely believing that they are telling the truth. A stroke victim, for example, will describe in detail a conference he attended over the weekend when in fact he has not left the hospital. Normal people, too, sometimes have a tendency to confabulate; rather than admitting “I don’t know,” some people will make up an answer or an explanation and express it with complete convic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262582711 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262582716 |
| Author: | William Hirstein |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bradford Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 302 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Philosophical Psychopathology |
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–Todd E. Feinberg, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, author of “Altered Egos: How the Brain Creates the Self”
Hirstein has packed a wealth of scientific information into this book.
—John Bickle, Journal of Consciousness StudiesBrain Fiction offers one of the most extensive accounts of false memories and perceptions.
—Armin Schnider, ScienceAbout The Author
William Hirstein
William Hirstein is Professor of Philosophy at Elmhurst College, Illinois and the author of Brain Fiction- Self-Deception and the Riddle of Confabulation (MIT Press).
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