Intelligence in the flesh : why your mind needs your body much more than it thinks

Intelligence in the flesh why your mind needs your body much more than it thinks

If you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the suppression of emotion, you'd better think again--or rather not "think" at all. In his provocative new book, Guy Claxton draws on the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to reveal how...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Claxton, Guy, autor (autor)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press 2016
Subjects:
Mente y cuerpo
Psicología fisiológica
Neurociencias
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991008362099708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • Limbering up: an introduction
  • A brief history of anti-bodies
  • Bodies: what are we made of?
  • Why the body needs a brain
  • How brain and body talk to each other
  • Emotions and feelings
  • The embodied mind
  • The welling up of consciousness
  • The augmented body
  • Craftiness and expertise
  • Rehab: how can I get my body back?
  • The embodied life: self, spirit and society.

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