Altered egos : how the brain creates the self by Feinberg, Todd E instant download

Altered egos : how the brain creates the self by Feinberg, Todd E instant download

1 online resource (viii, 205 pages) :, \"In Altered Egos, Dr. Todd Feinberg presents a new theory of the self, based on his first-hand experience as both a psychiatrist and neurologist.\" \"Feinberg first introduces the reader to dozens of cases of patients whose disorders have resulted in what he calls \"altered egos\": a change in the brain that transforms the boundaries of the self. After illustrating how these patients provide a window into the self and the mind, the author presents a new model of the self that links the workings of the brain with unique and personal features of the mind, such as meaning, purpose, and being.\"--Jacket, Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Soul searching -- Deconstructing the self -- Missing pieces ; familiar places -- Mything persons -- Auto-bodies -- Keeping it all together -- Journey to the center of the mind -- Nested hierarchy of the self and mind -- Being and brain -- Living mind, Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-192) and index, Print version record, Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized 2010