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9781573314510

Self: From Soul to Brain

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  • ISBN13:

    9781573314510

  • ISBN10:

    157331451X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-02-01
  • Publisher: Wiley

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Summary

Each living creature exists as a unit, as self. Understanding the self, then, should be a major goal of scientific research. This volume takes stock of current understanding of the self and its relation to the brain, and considers future directions for scientific research in a multidisciplinary context. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas. ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit www.nyas.org/membership/main.asp for more information about becoming a member.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Joseph LeDoux
Jacek Debiec
Implicit Selves: A Review of the Conference
1(30)
Henry Moss
Part I. Self and Consciousness: The Explicit Self
Self-Representation in Nervous Systems
31(8)
Patricia S. Churchland
The Self as a Responding---and Responsible---Artifact
39(12)
Daniel C. Dennett
Whatever Happened to the Soul?: Theological Perspectives on Neuroscience and the Self
51(14)
Nancey Murphy
Out of Contact, Out of Mind: The Distributed Nature of the Self
65(14)
David J. Turk
Todd F. Heatherton
C. Neil Macrae
William M. Kelley
Michael S. Gazzaniga
Part II. Chimps and Children: Emergence and Evolution of the Explicit Self
Knowing about Knowing: Dissociations between Perception and Action Systems over Evolution and during Development
79(25)
Marc D. Hauser
The Emergence of Consciousness and Its Role in Human Development
104(30)
Michael Lewis
Theory of Mind and the Self
134(11)
Francesca Happe
Part III. Implicit Selves
Cultural Selves
145(32)
Naomi Quinn
Implicit Self and Identity
177(35)
Thierry Devos
Mahzarin R. Banaji
The Mind's Self-Portrait
212(14)
Daniel M. Wegner
The Seven Sins of Memory: Implications for Self
226(14)
Daniel L. Schacter
Joan Y. Chiao
Jason P. Mitchell
Part IV. Biological Basis of the Self
Renovating the House of Being: Genomes, Souls, and Selves
240(13)
Alex Mauron
Feelings of Emotions and the Self
253(9)
Antonio Damasio
The Computational Self
262(10)
Terrence Sejnowski
A Parallel between Radical Reductionism in Science and in Art
272(23)
Eric R. Kandel
Sarah Mack
The Self: Clues from the Brain
295(10)
Joseph LeDoux
Conclusions 305(12)
Jacek Debiec
Joseph LeDoux
Index of Contributors 317

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