The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds

Autor

Alain Berthoz

Editura

Harvard University Press

An publicare

2017

Nr. Pagini

190

ISBN

9780674088955

Categorii

In Limbi Străine

Descriere

Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think creatively in an increasingly complex world.