After Phrenology

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A proposal for a fully post-phrenological neuroscience that details the evolutionary roots of functional diversity in brain regions and networks. The computer analogy of the mind has been as widely adopted in contemporary cognitive neuroscience as was the analogy of the brain as a collection of organs in phrenology. Just as the phrenologist would insist that each organ must have its particular function, so contemporary cognitive neuroscience is committed to the notion that each brain region must have its fundamental computation. In After Phrenology, Michael Anderson argues that to achieve a fully post-phrenological science of the brain, we need to reassess this commitment and devise an alternate, neuroscientifically grounded taxonomy of mental function. Anderson contends that the cognitive roles played by each region of the brain are highly various, reflecting different neural partnerships established under different circumstances. He proposes quantifying the functional properties of neural assemblies in terms of their dispositional tendencies rather than their computational or information-processing operations. Exploring larger-scale issues, and drawing on evidence from embodied cognition, Anderson develops a picture of thinking rooted in the exploitation and extension of our early-evolving capacity for iterated interaction with the world. He argues that the multidimensional approach to the brain he describes offers a much better fit for these findings, and a more promising road toward a unified science of minded organisms.

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Genre : Psychology
Author : Michael L. Anderson
Publisher : MIT Press
Release : 2021-12-14
File : 411 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780262544733


Works On Phrenology Physiology And Kindred Subjects

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Author : Orson Squire Fowler
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Release : 1873
File : 638 Pages
ISBN-13 : BL:A0022870811


A Vindication Of Phrenology

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Genre : Phrenology
Author : William Mattieu Williams
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Release : 1894
File : 464 Pages
ISBN-13 : HARVARD:TZ1PFY


Phrenology And How To Use It In Analyzing Character

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Author : Nicholas Morgan (Phrenologist.)
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Release : 1871
File : 444 Pages
ISBN-13 : NLS:V000639478


Phrenology And How To Use It In Analyzing Character

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Genre : Character
Author : Nicholas Morgan
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Release : 1871
File : 446 Pages
ISBN-13 : ONB:+Z161028805


The University Magazine And Free Review

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Author : John Mackinnon Robertson
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Release : 1896
File : 684 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015012335918


The Phrenological Journal And Life Illustrated

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Genre : Phrenology
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Release : 1878
File : 674 Pages
ISBN-13 : RUTGERS:39030031466479


Forty Years In Phrenology

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Genre : Phrenology
Author : Nelson Sizer
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Release : 1888
File : 430 Pages
ISBN-13 : HARVARD:HN3IZG


New Illustrated Self Instructor In Phrenology And Physiology

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Genre : Phrenology
Author : Orson Squire Fowler
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Release : 1869
File : 196 Pages
ISBN-13 : HARVARD:HN1JUG


Cavanagh S Phrenology

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Genre : Phrenology
Author : F. J. L. Cavanagh
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Release : 1895
File : 188 Pages
ISBN-13 : NYPL:33433068176134