Brainwashed The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience

"Demonstrating how the explanatory power of brain scans in particular and neuroscience more generally has been vastly overestimated, this book argues that the overzealous application of the growing field of brain science has undermined notions of free will and responsibility."

Info autore

Sally Satel is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, a lecturer at Yale University School of Medicine, and a practicing psychiatrist. The author of PC, M.D., she holds an MD from Brown University. Satel lives in Washington, DC.

Scott O. Lilienfeld is a clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at Emory University. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Riassunto

"A well-informed attack on the extravagances of'neurocentrist' thought."-Slate

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sally L. Satel, Scott O. Lilienfeld, Scott Lilienfeld, Sally Satel, Sally/ Lilienfeld Satel, Sally Statel, Sally Lilienfeld Satel
• Editore: Basic Books Inc.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 28.05.2015
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali
• EAN: 9780465062911
• ISBN: 978-0-465-06291-1
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14 x 21 x 2 cm
• Categorie: SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects; SCIENCE / Cognitive Science