Nature's Mind: Biological Roots Of Thinking, Emotions, Sexuality, Language, And Intelligence The co-discoverer of the split brain” theory tells how science is recasting the age-old question of nature versus nurture to create a startling new view of human behavior. Recent discoveries suggest that natural selection affects not
| TITLE | : | Nature's Mind: Biological Roots Of Thinking, Emotions, Sexuality, Language, And Intelligence |
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| RATING | : | 4.70 (716 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0465048633 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 220 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 1994-04-20 |
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The co-discoverer of the split brain” theory tells how science is recasting the age-old question of nature versus nurture to create a startling new view of human behavior. Recent discoveries suggest that natural selection affects not only physical characteristics but also mental processes, from learning to substance abuse.
Editorial : From Publishers Weekly Gazzaniga believes that circuits for language and problem-solving were built into the human brain as the result of millions of years of evolution. Selection theory, which this Dartmouth professor of psychiatry espouses, goes even further: it maintains that we are born with all the world's complexity built inside us; what, to the outsider, seems like learning, is merely a matching process, as the organism searches through its library of circuits to select the most suitable strategy for a given external challenge. In an accessible treatise that takes the nature vs. nurture controversy to a new extreme, Gazzaniga ( The Social Brain ), using selection theory, dismantles psychoanalysis, chides doctors for not heeding the body's innate wisdom, and offers explanations for drug addiction, alcoholism, dieting, hypersexed behavior and compulsions. He advises parents to "set
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I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who not only wants to quit smoking, but also to those who would like tips for natural and healthy living ideas.. Of course not all of us are peer pressured. MRC is a bit more introspective this time around and that leads her to ask her friends for their thoughts about the impulse
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