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Book Description
An internationally acclaimed neuroscientist presents a new theory about how our minds are madeIn this groundbreaking new exploration, celebrated neuroscientist and critically acclaimed author Susan A. Greenfield takes readers deep inside the human mind to reveal that emotions are the very foundation upon which our brains build unique minds out of our individual life experiences. Dr. Greenfield affords readers a brain-scientist's eye-view of the intricate dance of emotions and cognitive abilities that gives rise to consciousness and creates the sense of a unique self that we all feel. Along the way, she also provides fascinating answers to such riddles as, How do brains think? How do anatomically identical brains give rise to unique selves? and Why do some drugs make us ecstatic while other make us miserable?Susan A. Greenfield, PhD (London, UK), is Director of the Royal Institution, which was established by the British Crown to promote the public communication of science. She is also a Fellow of Lincoln College of Oxford University, where she conducts research into synaptic pharmacology and the causes of Alzheimer's disease. She was the first woman to be invited to give the prestigious Royal Institution Christmas Lecture that is broadcast live every year on the BBC. Her previous books include The Human Brain and The Human Mind Explained. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Synopsis
As our knowledge of the brain grows beyond the wildest expectations, the time is ripe to explore pleasure in terms of workings of the mind. Pleasure is the most marvellous sensation, the most prized state, but also, properly understood, the most basic type of consciousness. Understanding pleasure suggests new ways of understanding consciousness itself - by looking at the neurological characte of our most primitive emotions. In this volume, Susan Greenfield explains various mysteries: for example how different experiences give rise to similar sensations in the mind - such as via sport, raves, or orgasm; the workings of recreational drugs; and the neurological character of pleasure - which reveals a complex, close relationship to feelings of fear (for example, the appeal of the rollercoaster). .
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