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Consciousness and the Social Brain

By: Michael S. A. Graziano
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
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What is consciousness and how can a brain, a mere collection of neurons, create it? In Consciousness and the Social Brain, Princeton neuroscientist Michael Graziano lays out an audacious new theory to account for the deepest mystery of them all. The human brain has evolved a complex circuitry that allows it to be socially intelligent. This social machinery has only just begun to be studied in detail. One function of this circuitry is to attribute awareness to others: to compute that person Y is aware of thing X.

In Graziano's theory, the machinery that attributes awareness to others also attributes it to oneself. Damage that machinery and you disrupt your own awareness. Graziano discusses the science, the evidence, the philosophy, and the surprising implications of this new theory.

©2013 Oxford University Press (P)2014 Audible Inc. Neuroscience & Neuropsychology Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Human Brain Consciousness Mental Health Health
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An enjoyable and thorough book.
I had to listen to it twice in a row to catch all the details and I am sure I have not yet gotten all the specifics.
Very highly recommended.

super interesting theory

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