How Intelligence Happens

Informationen zum Autor John Duncan is assistant director of the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge! honorary professor of cognitive neuroscience at the Universities of Cambridge and Bangor! visiting professor at the University of Oxford! and fellow of the Royal Society and the British Academy. Klappentext Human intelligence is among the most powerful forces on earth. This book explains how brains break down problems into useful! solvable parts and then assemble these parts into the complex mental programmes of human thought and action. It is suitable for those curious to understand how their own mind works. Zusammenfassung Human intelligence is among the most powerful forces on earth. This book explains how brains break down problems into useful! solvable parts and then assemble these parts into the complex mental programmes of human thought and action. It is suitable for those curious to understand how their own mind works.

Product details

• Authors: John Duncan
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2012
• EAN: 9780300177725
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17772-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Artificial Intelligence, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General