Download or read book The Mind and Its Functions written by Geshe Rabten and published by . This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mind and Its Functions written by Geshe Rab Brtan and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mind and Its Functions written by Geshe Rabten and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mind and Its Functions written by Rabten Geshe and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mind written by E. Bruce Goldstein and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible and engaging account of the mind and its connection to the brain. The mind encompasses everything we experience, and these experiences are created by the brain--often without our awareness. Experience is private; we can't know the minds of others. But we also don't know what is happening in our own minds. In this book, E. Bruce Goldstein offers an accessible and engaging account of the mind and its connection to the brain. He takes as his starting point two central questions--what is the mind? and what is consciousness?--and leads readers through topics that range from conceptions of the mind in popular culture to the wiring system of the brain. Throughout, he draws on the latest research, explaining its significance and relevance.
Download or read book Discovering the Brain written by National Academy of Sciences and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brain ... There is no other part of the human anatomy that is so intriguing. How does it develop and function and why does it sometimes, tragically, degenerate? The answers are complex. In Discovering the Brain, science writer Sandra Ackerman cuts through the complexity to bring this vital topic to the public. The 1990s were declared the "Decade of the Brain" by former President Bush, and the neuroscience community responded with a host of new investigations and conferences. Discovering the Brain is based on the Institute of Medicine conference, Decade of the Brain: Frontiers in Neuroscience and Brain Research. Discovering the Brain is a "field guide" to the brainâ€"an easy-to-read discussion of the brain's physical structure and where functions such as language and music appreciation lie. Ackerman examines: How electrical and chemical signals are conveyed in the brain. The mechanisms by which we see, hear, think, and pay attentionâ€"and how a "gut feeling" actually originates in the brain. Learning and memory retention, including parallels to computer memory and what they might tell us about our own mental capacity. Development of the brain throughout the life span, with a look at the aging brain. Ackerman provides an enlightening chapter on the connection between the brain's physical condition and various mental disorders and notes what progress can realistically be made toward the prevention and treatment of stroke and other ailments. Finally, she explores the potential for major advances during the "Decade of the Brain," with a look at medical imaging techniquesâ€"what various technologies can and cannot tell usâ€"and how the public and private sectors can contribute to continued advances in neuroscience. This highly readable volume will provide the public and policymakersâ€"and many scientists as wellâ€"with a helpful guide to understanding the many discoveries that are sure to be announced throughout the "Decade of the Brain."
Download or read book The Mind and its Mechanism written by Paul Bousfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1927, the original blurb reads: "Scientists are beginning to believe there is some immaterial thing which performs certain functions that the material mechanism of the brain is powerless to perform. It is the purpose of this book to explain what that immaterial thing is and how it functions. The Mind and Its Mechanism deals with a theory that may conceivably influence the study of psychology, and will interest not only psychologists, but physiologists, physicists and biologists." Now back in print, this title can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.
Download or read book The Mind and Its Functions written by Geshe Rabten and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Magic and the Mind written by Eugene Subbotsky and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical thinking and behavior have traditionally been viewed as immature, misleading alternatives to scientific thought that in children inevitably diminish with age. In adults, these inclinations have been labeled by psychologists largely as superstitions that feed on frustration, uncertainty, and the unpredictable nature of certain human activities. In Magic and the Mind, Eugene Subbotsky provides an overview of the mechanisms and development of magical thinking and beliefs throughout the life span while arguing that the role of this type of thought in human development should be reconsidered. Rather than an impediment to scientific reasoning or a byproduct of cognitive development, in children magical thinking is an important and necessary complement to these processes, enhancing creativity at problem-solving and reinforcing coping strategies, among other benefits. In adults, magical thinking and beliefs perform important functions both for individuals (coping with unsolvable problems and stressful situations) and for society (enabling mass influence and promoting social harmony). Operating in realms not bound by physical causality, such as emotion, relationships, and suggestion, magical thinking is an ongoing, developing psychological mechanism that, Subbotsky argues, is integral in the contexts of politics, commercial advertising, and psychotherapy, and undergirds our construction and understanding of meaning in both mental and physical worlds. Magic and the Mind represents a unique contribution to our understanding of the importance of magical thinking, offering experimental evidence and conclusions never before collected in one source. It will be of interest to students and scholars of developmental psychology, as well as sociologists, anthropologists, and educators.
Download or read book On the Functions of the Brain and of Each of Its Parts written by Franz Joseph Gall and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Book of Minds written by Philip Ball and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular science writer Philip Ball explores a range of sciences to map our answers to a huge, philosophically rich question: How do we even begin to think about minds that are not human? Sciences from zoology to astrobiology, computer science to neuroscience, are seeking to understand minds in their own distinct disciplinary realms. Taking a uniquely broad view of minds and where to find them—including in plants, aliens, and God—Philip Ball pulls the pieces together to explore what sorts of minds we might expect to find in the universe. In so doing, he offers for the first time a unified way of thinking about what minds are and what they can do, by locating them in what he calls the “space of possible minds.” By identifying and mapping out properties of mind without prioritizing the human, Ball sheds new light on a host of fascinating questions: What moral rights should we afford animals, and can we understand their thoughts? Should we worry that AI is going to take over society? If there are intelligent aliens out there, how could we communicate with them? Should we? Understanding the space of possible minds also reveals ways of making advances in understanding some of the most challenging questions in contemporary science: What is thought? What is consciousness? And what (if anything) is free will? Informed by conversations with leading researchers, Ball’s brilliant survey of current views about the nature and existence of minds is more mind-expanding than we could imagine. In this fascinating panorama of other minds, we come to better know our own.
Download or read book The Mind And Its Education written by George Herbert Betts and published by Kaveri Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Is A Study Of Mind And Its Education. It Is Easy To Understand How We May Investigate The Great World Of Material Things About Us; For We Can See Ti, Touch It, Weight It, Or Measure It. But How Are We To Discover The Nature Of Mind Or Come To Know The Processes By Which Consciousness Works? For Mind Is Intangible, We Can Not See It, Feel It Or Hand It. Mind Belongs Not To The Realm Of Matter Which Is Known To The Senses, But To The Realm Of Spirit, Which The Senses Can Never Grasp. And Yet The Mind Can Be Known And Studied As Truly And As Scientifically As Can The World Of Matter. The Subject Matter Of This Book Is Made Concrete And Practical By The Use Of Several Illustrations And Through Application To Real Problems. The Style Has Been Kept Easy And Familiar To Facilitate The Reading And Hope That The Book Would Be Of Interest And Value To Students Of All Ages And To The General Public As Well. Contents Chapter 1: The Mind Or Conscoiusness; How The Mind Is To Be Known: Personal Character Of Consciousness, Introspection The Onlt Means Of Discovering Nature Of Consciousness, How We Introspect, Studying Mental States Of Others Through Expression, Learning To Interpret Expression, The Nature Of Consciousness: Innernature Of The Mind Not Revealed By Introspection, Consciousness As A Process Or Stream, Consciousness Likened To A Field, The Piling Up Of Cocsciousness Is Attention; Content Of The Mental Stream: Why We Need Minds, Content Of Consciousness Determined By Function, Three Fundamental Phases Of Consciousness, Where Consciousness Resides: Consciousness Works Through The Nervous System, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 2: Attention; Nature Of Attention: The Nature Of Attention, Normal Consciousness Always In A State Of Attention, The Effects Of Attention: Attention Makes Its Object Clear And Definite, Attention Measures Mental Efficiency, How We Attend: Attention A Relating Activity, The Rhythms Of Attention, Points Of Failure In Attention: Lack Of Concentration, Mental Wandering, Types Of Attention: The Three Types Of Attention, Interest And Non-Voulutary Attention, The Will And Voluntary Attention, Not Really Different Kinds Of Attention, Improving The Power Of Attention, Making Different Kinds Of Attention Reinforce Each Other, The Habit Of Attention, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 3: The Brain And Nervous System; The Relation Of Mind And Brain: Interaction Of Mind And Brain, The Brain As The Mind S Machine, The Mind S Dependence On The External World: The Mind At Birth, The Work Of The Senses, Structural Elements Of The Nervous System: The Neuron, Neuron Fibers, Neuralgia, Complexity Of The Brain, Gray And White Matter, Gross Structure Of The Nervour System: Divisions Of The Nervour System, The Central System, The Cerebellum, The Cerebrum, The Cortex, The Spinal Cord, Localization Of Function In The Nervous System: Division Of Labor, Division Of Labor In The Cortex, Forms Of Sensory Stimuli: The End-Organs And Their Response To Stimuli, Dependence Of The Mind On The Senses; Chapter 4: Mental Development And Motor Training; Factors Determining The Efficiency Of The Nervous System: Development And Nutrition, Undeveloped Cells, Development Of Nerve Fibers, Development Of Nervous System Through Use: Importance Of Stimulus And Response, Effect Of Sensory Stimuli, Necessity For Motor Activity, Development Of The Association Centers, The Factors Involved In A Simple Action, Education And The Training Of The Nervous System: Education To Supply Opportunities For Stimulus And Response, Order Of Development In The Nervous System, Importance Of Health And Vigor Of The Nervours System: The Influence Of Fatigue, The Effects Of Worry, The Factors In Good Nutrition, Problems For Introspection And Observation; Chapter 5: Habit; The Nature Of Habit: The Physical Basis Of Habit, All Living Tissue Plastic, Habit A Modification Of Brain Tissue, We Must Form Habits, The Place Of Habit In The Economy Of Our Lives: Habit Increases Skill And Efficiency, Habit Saves Efforts And Fatigue, Habit Economizes Moral Effort, The Habit Of Attention, Habit Enables Us To Meet The Disagreeable, Habit The Foundatin Of Personality, Habit Saves Worry And Rebellion, The Tyranny Of Habit: Even Good Habits Need To Be Modified, The Tendency Of Ruts , Habit-Forming A Part Of Education: Youth The Time For Habit-Forming, The Habit Of Achievement, Rules For Habit-Forming: James S Three Maxims For Habit-Forming, The Preponderance Of Good Habits Over Bad, Problems In Observatin And Introspection; Chapter 6: Sensation; How We Come To Know The External World: Knowledge Through The Senses, The Unity Of Sensory Experience, The Sensory Processes To Be Explained, The Qualities Of Objects Exist In The Mind, The Three Sets Of Factors, The Nature Of Sensation: Sensation Gives Us Our World Of Qualities, The Attributes Of Sensation, Sensory Qualities And Their End Organs: Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell, Various Sensations From The Skin, The Kinesthetic Senses, The Organic Senses, Problems In Observation And Retrospection; Chapter 7: Perception; The Function Of Perception: Need Of Knowing The Material World, The Problem Which Confronts The Child, The Nature Of Perception: How A Percept Is Formed, The Percept Involves All Relations Of The Object, The Content Of The Percept, The Accuracy Of Percepts Depends On Experience, Not Definitions, But First-Hand Contact, The Perception Of Space: The Perceiving Of Distance, The Perceiving Of Direction, The Perception Of Time: Nature Of The Time Sense, No Perception Of Empty Time, The Training Of Perception: Perception Needs To Be Trained, School Training In Perception, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 8: Mental Images And Ideas; The Part Played By Past Experience: Present Thinking Depends On Past Experience, The Present Interpreted By The Past, The Future Also Depends On The Past, Rank Determined By Ability To Utilize Past Experience, How Past Experience Is Conserved: Past Experience Conserved In Both Mental And Physical Terms, The Image And The Idea, All Our Past Experience Potentially At Our Command, Individually Differences In Imagery: Images To Be Viewed By Introspection, The Varies Imagery Suggested By One S Dining Table, Power Of Imagery Varies In Different People, Imagery Types, The Function Of Images: Images Supply Material For Imagination And Memory, Imagery In The Thought Processes, The Use Of Imagery In Literature, Points Where Images Are Of Greatest Service, The Cultivation Of Imagery: Images Depend On Sensory Stimuli, The Influence Of Frequent Recall, The Reconstruction Of Our Images, Problems In Introspection And Observation; Chapter 9: Imagination; The Place Of Imaginatin In Mental Economy: Practical Nature Of Imagination, Imagination In The Interpretation Of History, Literature And Art, Imagination And Science, Everyday Uses Of Imaginatin, The Building Of Ideals And Plans, Imagination And Conduct, Imagination And Thinking, The Material Used By Imagination: Images The Stuff Of Imagination, The Two Factors In Imaginatin, Imagination Limited By Stock Of Images, Limited Also By Our Constructive Ability, The Need Of A Purpose, Types Of Imagination: Reproductive Imagination, Creative Imagination, Training The Imagination: Gathering Of Material For Imagination, We Must Not Fail To Build, We Should Carry Our Ideals Into Action, Problems For Observation And Introspection; Chapter 10: Assocation; The Nature Of Association: The Neural Basis Of Association, Association The Basis Of Memory, Factors Determining Direction Of Recall, Association In Thinking, Association And Action, The Tupes Of Association: Fundamental Law Of Association, Association By Contiguity, At The Mercy Of Our Associations, Association By Similarity And Contrast, Partial Or Selective, Association, The Remedy, Training In Association: The Pleasure-Pain Motive In Association, Interest As A Basis Of Assocation, Association And Methods Of Learning, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 11: Memory; The Nature Of Memory: What Is Retained, The Physical Basis Of Memory, How We Remember, Dependence Of Memory On Brain Quality, The Four Factors Involved In Memory: Registration, Tetention, Recall, Recognition, The Stuff Of Memory: Images As The Material Of Memory, Images Vary As To Type, Other Memory Material, Laws Underlying Memory: The Law Of Association, The Law Of Repetition, The Law Of Decency, The Law Of Vividness, Rules For Using The Memory: Wholes Versus Parts, Rate Of Forgetting, Divided Practice, Forcing The Memory To Act, Not A Memory, But Memories, What Constitutes A Good Memory: A Good Memory Selects Its Material, A Good Memory Requires Good Thinking, Memory Must Be Specialized, Memory Devices: The Effects Of Cramming, Remembering Isolated Facts, Mnemonic Devices, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 12: Thinking; Different Types Of Thinking: Chance Or Idle Thinking, Uncritical Belief, Assimilative Thinking, Deliberative Thinking, The Function Of Thinking: Meaning Depends On Relations, The Function Of Thinking Is To Discover Relations, Near And Remote Relations, Child And Adult Thinking, The Mechanism Of Thinking: Sensation And Percepts As Elements In Thinking, The Concept: The Concepts Serve To Group And Classify, Growth Of A Concept, Definition Of Concept, Language And The Concept, The Necessity For Growing Concepts, Judgment: Natue Of Judgment, Judgment Used In Percepts And Concepts, Judgment Leads To General Truths, The Validity Of Judgements, Reasoning: Nature Of Reasoning, How Judgements Function In Reasoning, Deductin And The Syllogism, Induction, The Necessity For Broad Induction, The Interrelation Of Induction And Deduction, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 13: Instinct; The Nature Of Instinct: The Baber S Dependence On Instinct, Definition Of Instinct, Instincts Are Racial Habits, Unmodified Instinct Is Blind, Law Of The Appearance And Disappearance Of Instincts: Instincts Appear In Successin As Required, Many Instincts Are Transitory, Seemingly Useless Instincts, Instincts To Be Utilized When They Appear, Instincts As Starting Points, The More Important Human Instincts, The Instinct Of Imitation: Nature Of Imitation, Individuality In Imitation, Conscious And Unconscious Imitation, Influence Of Environment, The Influence Of Personality, The Instinct Of Play: The Necessity For Play, Play In Development And Education, Work And Play Are Complements, Other Useful Instincts: Curiosity, Manipulation, The Collecting Instinct, The Dramatic Instinct, The Impulse To Form Gangs And Clubs, Fear: Fear Heredity, Fear Of The Dark, Fear Of Being Left Alone, Other Undersirable Insitincts: Selfishness, Pugnacity Or The Fighting Impulse, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 14: Feeling And Its Functions; The Nature Of Feelings: The Different Feeling Qualities, Feeling Always Present In Mental Content, The Seeming Neutral Feeling Zone, Mood And Disposition: How Mood Is Produced, Mood Colors All Our Thinking, Mood Influences Our Judgments And Decisions, Mood Influences Effort, Disposition A Resultant Of Moods, Temperatment, Permanent Feeling Attitudes Or Sentiments: How Sentiments Develop, The Effect Of Experience, The Influence Of Sentiment, Sentiments As Motives, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 15: The Emotions; The Producing And Expressing Of Emotion: Physiological Explanation Of Emotion, Origin Of Characteristic Emotional Reactions, The Ducation Of An Emotion, Emotions Accompanying Crises In Experience, The Control Of Emotions: Dependence On Expression, Relief Through Expression, Relief Does Not Follow If Image Is Held Before The Mind, Growing Tendency Toward Emotional Control, Cultivation Of The Emotions: The Emotions And Enjoyment, How Emotions Develop, The Emotional Factor In Our Environment, Literature And The Cultivation Of The Emotions, Harm In Emotional Overexcitement, Emotions As Motives: How Our Emotions Compel Us, Emotional Habits, Problems In Observaton And Introspection; Chapter 16: Interest: The Natue Of Interest: Interest A Selective Agent, Interest Supplies A Subjective Scale Of Values, Interest Dynamic, Habit Antagonistic To Interest, Direct And Indirect Interest: Interest In The End Versus Interest In The Activity, Indirect Interest As A Motive, Indirect Interest Alone Insufficient, Transitoriness Of Certain Interests: Interests Must Be Utilized When They Appear, The Value Of A Strong Interest, Selection Among Our Interests: The Mistake Of Following Too Many Interests, Interests May Be Too Narrow, Specialization Should Not Come Too Early, A Proper Balance To Be Sought, Interest Fundamental In Education: Interest Not Antagonistic To Effort, Interest And Character, Order Of Development Of Our Interests: The Interest Of Early Childhood, The Interests Of Later Childhood, The Interests Of Adolescence, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 17: The Will; The Nature Of The Will: The Content Of The Will, The Function Of The Will, How The Will Exerts Its Compulsion, The Extent Of Voluntary Control Over Our Acts: Classes Of Acts Or Response, Simple Reflex Acts, Instinctive Acts, Automatic Or Spontaneous Acts, The Cycle From Volitional To Automatic, Volitional Action, Volition Acts In The Making Of Decisions, Types Of Decision, The Reasonable Type, Accidental Tupe: External Motives, Accidental Type: Subjective Motives, Decision Under Efforts, Strong And Weak Wills: Not A Will, But Wills, Objective Tests A False Measure Of Will Power, Volitional Types: The Impulsive Type, The Obstructed Will, The Normal Will, Training The Will: Will To Be Trained In Common Round Of Duties, School Work And Will-Training, Freedom Of The Will Or The Extent Of Its Control: Limitations Of The Will, These Limitations And Conditions Of Freedom, Problems In Observation And Introspection; Chapter 18: Self-Expression And Development; Interrelation Of Impression And Expression: The Many Sources Of Impressions, All Impressions Lead Toward Expression, Limitations Of Expression, The Place Of Expression In Development: Intellectual Value Of Expression, Moral Value Of Expression, Religious Value Of Expression, Social Value Of Expression, Educational Use Of Expression: Easier To Provide For The Impression Side Of Education, The School To Take Up The Handicrafts, Expression And Character, Two Lines Of Development, Problems In Introspection And Onservation.
Download or read book 12 Brain Mind Learning Principles in Action written by Renate Nummela Caine and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With updated research, revised sections on leadership, and new anecdotes, this second edition helps teachers and students reach higher performance levels based on how the brain learns.
Download or read book The Brain Book written by Rita Carter and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This science ebook of award-wiining print edition uses the latest findings from neuroscience research and brain-imaging technology to take you on a journey into the human brain. CGI artworks and brain MRI scans reveal the brain's anatomy in unprecedented detail. Step-by-step sequences unravel and simplify the complex processes of brain function, such as how nerves transmit signals, how memories are laid down and recalled, and how we register emotions. The book answers fundamental and compelling questions about the brain: what does it means to be conscious, what happens when we're asleep,and are the brains of men and women different? Written by award-winning author Rita Carter, this is an accessible and authoritative reference book to a fascinating part of the human body. Thanks to improvements in scanning technology, our understanding of the brain is changing fast. Now in its third edition, the Brain Book provides an up-to-date guide to one of science's most exciting frontiers. With its coverage of over 50 brain-related diseases and disorders - from strokes to brain tumours and schizophrenia - it is also an essential manual for students and healthcare professionals.
Download or read book Brain Circuits and Functions of the Mind written by Roger Sperry and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-01-26 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roger Sperry has made outstanding contributions to neuroscience. Here, he and over twenty of his contemporaries, review 50 years of both his work and their own in the context of Sperry's contribution to their fields. Sperry's challenging theories are still much alive in brain science, cognitive psychology and the philosophy of the mind.
Download or read book Rational Religion and Morals Presenting Analysis of the Functions of Mind Under the Operations and Directions of Reason written by Thomas J. Vaiden and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: