Being you : a new science of consciousness

Being you : a new science of consciousness / Anil Seth.

"Being you is an unprecedented tour of consciousness thanks to new experimental evidence, much of which comes from Seth's own lab. His radical argument is that we do not perceive the world as it objectively is, but rather that we are prediction machines, constantly inventing our world and...

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Main Author: Seth, Anil K. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
Subjects:
Consciousness.
Consciousness > Physiological aspects.
Neuropsychology.
Perception.
Self-perception.
Cognitive neuroscience.
Brain.
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Summary:"Being you is an unprecedented tour of consciousness thanks to new experimental evidence, much of which comes from Seth's own lab. His radical argument is that we do not perceive the world as it objectively is, but rather that we are prediction machines, constantly inventing our world and correcting our mistakes by the microsecond, and that we can now observe the biological mechanisms in the brain that accomplish this process of consciousness."--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:340 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-331) and index.
ISBN:9781524742874
1524742872

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