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The New Brain Sciences: Perils and Prospects
The last twenty years have seen huge advances in our understanding of how the brain works. Medical books The New Brain Sciences. Researchers are now trying to understand the nature of consciousness itself Medical books Neuro: The New Brain Sciences and the Management of the Mind. The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that neuroscientists are poised to become the new experts in the management of human conduct. 'Neuro' describes the key developments--theoretical, technological, economic, and biopolitical--that have enabled the neurosciences to gain such traction outside the laboratory. It explores the ways neurobiological conceptions of personhood are influencing everything from child rearing to criminal justice, and are transforming the ways we 'know ourselves' as human beings. In this emerging neuro-ontology, we are not 'determined' by our neurobiology: on the contrary, it appears that we can and should seek to improve ourselves by understanding and acting on our brains.'Neuro' examines the implications of this emerging trend, weighing the promises against the perils, and evaluating some widely held concerns about a neurobiological 'colonization' of the social and human sciences. Despite identifying many exaggerated claims and premature promises, 'Neuro' argues that the openness provided by the new styles of thought taking shape in neuroscience, with its contemporary conceptions of the neuromolecular, plastic, and social brain, could make possible a new and productive engagement between the social and brain sciences.Copyright note: Reproduction, including downloading of Joan Miro works is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that neuroscientists are poised to become the new experts in the management of human conduct. 'Neuro' describes the key developments--theoretical, technological, economic, and biopolitical--that have enabled the neurosciences to gain such traction outside the laboratory. It explores the ways neurobiological conceptions of personhood are influencing everything fro
The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that neuroscientists are poised to become the new experts in the management of human conduct. Neuro describes the key developments--theoretical, technological, economic, and biopolitical--that have enabled the neurosciences to gain such traction outside the laboratory. It explores the ways neurobiological conceptions of personhood are influencing everything from
The New Brain Sciences: Perils and Prospects: Dai Rees, Steven Rose
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Medical Book The New Brain Sciences
Researchers are now trying to understand the nature of consciousness itself. This collection represents an accessible attempt to expose and question research boundaries of what is ethically, socially and legally acceptable in neuroscience research.
