Neuro: The New Brain Sciences and the Management of the Mind

by Nikolas Rose and Joelle M. Abi-Rached

Book Overview

How the new brain sciences are transforming our understanding of what it means to be human

The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that neuroscientists are poised to become the new experts in the management of human conduct. Neuro describes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691149615
• ISBN13: 9780691149615
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"