Action, Mind, and Brain: An Introduction - Couverture souple

Rosenbaum, David A.

 
9780262543392: Action, Mind, and Brain: An Introduction
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0262543397 ISBN 13 : 9780262543392
Editeur : The MIT Press, 2022

Synopsis

An engaging and accessible introduction to the psychology and neuroscience of physical action.

This engaging and accessible book offers the first introductory text on the psychology and neuroscience of physical action. Written by a leading researcher in the field, it covers the interplay of action, mind, and brain, showing that many core concepts in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and technology grew out of questions about the control of everyday physical actions. It explains action not as a “one-way street from stimuli to response” but as a continual perception-action cycle. The informal writing style invites students to think through the evidence step by step, helping them develop general thinking stills as well as learn specific facts. Special emphasis is placed on the role of underrepresented groups.
 
The book discusses the intellectual background of the field, from Plato to Kant, Dewey, and others; applications and methods; and the physical substrates of action—bones, tendons, ligaments, muscles, and nerves. It considers the control of actions in space; learning, and the roles of nature and nurture; feedback; feedforward, or anticipated feedback; and degrees of freedom—the multiple ways of getting things done and three methods for narrowing the alternatives. The book is generously illustrated, including many images of thinkers who contributed to the field. 

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À propos de l?auteur

David A. Rosenbaum is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of Human Motor Control, It’s a Jungle in There: How Competition and Cooperation in the Brain Shape the Mind, Knowing Hands: The Cognitive Psychology of Manual Control, and other books.

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Éditeur
The MIT Press
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0262543397
ISBN 13 
9780262543392
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
302
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Personne responsable
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