Mind and Brain Sciences in the 21st Century

Book Overview

In these essays, many of those who have helped shape the fields of neurocognition, cognitive science and psychology, offer thoughts on the past and future of the science of mind. The essays touch on philosophical, social and scientific implications, as well as the whimsical and science fiction.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026219385X
• ISBN13: 9780262193856
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Bradford Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Aging surprisingly well

The essays in this book are speculative, but most of the book consists of reviews of "where we have been, where we are now" with cautious extrapolations towards the future. There are a few exceptions, but I skimmed them: I'll read a good SF novel instead.Published in 1996, as a body the essays have aged very well. There has been a great deal of progress in neuroscience in the last decade, and it continues to pace ahead. Still, this is a good book for getting up to speed and virtually every paragraph is easily understood by laymen.I found four spelling errors in my hardcover copy.