The Biological Mind
How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are

An excellent book about the neuroscience of how the interactions between what we think, how we move (or not), and who we socially engage with create the individuals we are becoming. Jasanoff's argument, in brief, is that "who we are" is the result of "the interdependent nature" of our brain, body, a......more

The title misled me because I was looking for a book on the biology of the brain after reading so many, and that's partly what the book is about, but as a long introduction to the real topic which is the sensory brain and the effects the environment has on the mind, to end up in a futurist future in......more

Many people believe that our brains are disconnected or independent from the body, but this book demonstrate the complexity of the connection between body, brain and surroundings. The brain is a biological organ and what we think of our "self" is the result of our bodies interacting with our brains.......more

This is a well written and construed book that carefully explains the interrelationships and science that regulates who we are and how the stated interrelationships make it so.......more

Last year I had intended to stop reading on the topic of neuroscience for a while but when my wife recommended The Biological Mind book to me, I had to read it. This book is a sort of check and balance for neuroscience in general and specifically for what the author calls the “cerebral mystique.” I......more