by Susan Greenfield · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140264913
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«The Private Life of the Brain» is the neuroscience essay by Susan Greenfield, published by Penguin in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Susan Greenfield investigates how the brain produces a subjective and unrepeatable experience of the world. Drawing on neurological injuries, dreams, drugs, schizophrenia and childhood, she argues that emotions, shaped by experiences, are the foundation on which consciousness and the self are built.
It belongs to the Penguin Press Science series. Its full original title is «The Private Life of the Brain: Emotions, Consciousness, and the Secret of the Self»; the work first appeared in 2000.
For readers interested in neuroscience and psychology who want a popular-science approach to emotions and consciousness.
Susan Adele Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, is an English scientist, writer, broadcaster and member of the House of Lords. Her research has focused on the treatment of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. She is also interested in the neuroscience of consciousness and the impact of technology on the brain.
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