TY - BOOK ID - 31002582 TI - Trees of the brain, roots of the mind PY - 2015 SN - 0262329034 0262028980 0262329026 9780262329026 9780262329033 9780262028981 PB - Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, DB - UniCat KW - Neural circuitry. KW - Neural networks (Neurobiology) KW - Neural transmission. KW - Mind and body. KW - Brain. KW - Cerebrum KW - Mind KW - Central nervous system KW - Head KW - Body and mind KW - Body and soul (Philosophy) KW - Human body KW - Mind-body connection KW - Mind-body relations KW - Mind-cure KW - Somatopsychics KW - Brain KW - Dualism KW - Philosophical anthropology KW - Holistic medicine KW - Mental healing KW - Parousia (Philosophy) KW - Phrenology KW - Psychophysiology KW - Self KW - Nerve transmission KW - Nervous transmission KW - Neurotransmission KW - Synaptic transmission KW - Transmission of nerve impulses KW - Neural circuitry KW - Neurophysiology KW - Neurotransmitters KW - Biological neural networks KW - Nets, Neural (Neurobiology) KW - Networks, Neural (Neurobiology) KW - Neural nets (Neurobiology) KW - Cognitive neuroscience KW - Neurobiology KW - Circuitry, Neural KW - Circuits, Neural KW - Nerve net KW - Nerve network KW - Neural circuits KW - Neurocircuitry KW - Neuronal circuitry KW - Electrophysiology KW - Nervous system KW - Reflexes KW - Psychological aspects KW - BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General KW - COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General KW - NEUROSCIENCE/General KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Physiology of nerves and sense organs UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:31002582 AB - "The human brain is often described as the most complex object in the universe. Tens of billions of nerve cells-tiny tree-like structures--make up a massive network with enormous computational power. In this book, Giorgio Ascoli reveals another aspect of the human brain: the stunning beauty of its cellular form. Doing so, he makes a provocative claim about the mind-brain relationship. If each nerve cell enlarged a thousandfold looks like a tree, then a small region of the nervous system at the same magnified scale resembles a gigantic, fantastic forest. This structural majesty--illustrated throughout the book with extraordinary color images--hides the secrets behind the genesis of our mental states. Ascoli proposes that some of the most intriguing mysteries of the mind can be solved using the basic architectural principles of the brain. After an overview of the scientific and philosophical foundations of his argument, Ascoli links mental states with patterns of electrical activity in nerve cells, presents an emerging minority opinion of how the brain learns from experience, and unveils a radically new hypothesis of the mechanism determining what is learned, what isn't, and why. Finally, considering these notions in the context of the cosmic diversity within and among brains, Ascoli offers a new perspective on the roots of individuality and humanity"--MIT CogNet. ER -