Dimensions
164 x 242 x 24mm
The Private Life of the Brain argues that the most extreme human experiences are among those most central to the life o f the mind.
With great originality, celebrated neuroscientist Susan A. Greenfield shows that states of abandon - intensely felt experiences of pleasure, exhilaration, joy and pain - in fact draw us to the centre of the mind. Between emotion and the mind there is no dichtomy but rather a continuum in which we create the self.
Challenging a series of common assumptions about the relationship between emotion and the brian, Susan Greenfield finally asks whether 'mind-blowing' experiences might in fact form the basis of consciousness. Informed by the most recent neuroscience, The Private Life of the Braindevelops new models with which to answer these questions.
