The vicarious brain, creator of worlds /:

Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance--when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think crea...

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Main Author: Berthoz, Alain (Author)
Other Authors: Weiss, Giselle (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2017]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance--when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think creatively in an increasingly complex world.--
Item Description:Translated from the French.
"First published as La Vicariance: Le cerveau créateur de mondes (c) Odile Jacob, 2013"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 215 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674972834
067497283X

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