The Biology of Mind: Origins and Structures of Mind, Brain, and Consciousness

by M. Deric Bownds

Overview

This new book makes state-of-the-art research on the human mind accessible and exciting for a wide variety of readers. It covers the evolution of mind, examines the transitions from primate through early hominid to modern human intelligence, and reviews modern experimental studies of the brain structures and mechanisms that underlie vision, emotions, language, memory, and learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781891786075
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/29/1999
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.93(w) x 10.08(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

M. Deric Bownds, Ph.D. is Professor of Molecular Biology and Zoology and Chair of the Department of Zoology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Since receiving his graduate and post-doctoral education at Harvard he has spent 30 years at Wisconsin conducting a highly regarded research program on the molecular basis of vision. This book grew out of a popular undergraduate course on the Madison campus and the author's public lectures on these topics.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Chapter 1. Thinking about Thinking.

PART I: EVOLVING MIND.

Chapter 2. Origins of Mind.

Chapter 3. Structures of Mind.

Chapter 4. Primate Mind.

Chapter 5. Hominid Mind.

PART II: DEVELOPING MIND.

Chapter 6. Plastic Mind.

Chapter 7. Minds and Selves.

PART III: SOCIETY OF MIND.

Chapter 8. Perceiving Mind.

Chapter 9. Acting Mind.

Chapter 10. Emotional Mind.

Chapter 11. Linguistic Mind.

PART IV: MODERN MIND.

Chapter 12. Conscious Mind.

Chapter 13. Theoretic Mind.

Glossary.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

Takes students and general readers on an engaging, multi-disciplinary tour of exciting areas in contemporary brain and cognitive science. Considers the evolution of mind and the transition from primate to early hominid to modern human intelligence, and surveys contemporary studies of brain structure and mechanisms that underlie perception, emotions, language, memory, and learning. Includes b&w diagrams, chapter summaries, and self-experiments. The author is a professor of molecular biology and zoology, and chair of the department of zoology, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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