The vicarious brain, creator of worlds by Berthoz, Alain, author, Weiss, Giselle, translator instant download

The vicarious brain, creator of worlds by Berthoz, Alain, author, Weiss, Giselle, translator instant download

1 online resource (viii, 215 pages), 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.--, Translated from the French, \"First published as La Vicariance: Le cerveau créateur de mondes (c) Odile Jacob, 2013\"--Title page verso, Includes bibliographical references and index, The brain as a problem-solver -- Perceiving and acting -- The personal body, self, and identity -- Vicariance and changing perspective -- The stages of vicariance -- Vicariance and brain plasticity -- Sympathy and empathy -- Vicarious emotion -- Vicarious learning, Print version record