The secret life of the mind : how your brain thinks, feels, and decides / Mariano Sigman.
The secret life of the mind : how your brain thinks, feels, and decides / Mariano Sigman.
The secret life of the mind : how your brain thinks, feels, and decides / Mariano Sigman.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
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G 2017/3372
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Language
English
Spanish
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Physical content
277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The origin of thought: how do babies think and communicate, and how can we understand them better? -- The fuzzy borders of identity: what defines our choices and allows us to trust other people and our own decisions? -- The machine that constructs reality: how does consciousness emerge in the brain...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Edition
First North American edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
A leading neuroscientist draws on physics, linguistics, psychology, education, and other disciplines to explain the inner workings of the human brain and explore the role of neuroscience in daily life.
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The secret life of the mind : how your brain thinks, feels, and decides / Mariano Sigman.
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"Originally published in Buenos Aires and Barcelona by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A. in 2015" -- title page verso.
Translated from the Spanish.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/3372
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74VKVXZBrpbM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXZBrpbM
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ISBN
0316549622 hardcover
9780316549622 hardcover
DDC
612.82
MMS ID
991024113812502626
