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Adaptability (Psychology)
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Identity (Psychology)
Avatars (Virtual reality)
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The vicarious brain,...
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The vicarious brain, creator of worlds / Alain Berthoz ; translated by Giselle Weiss.
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Berthoz, A., author.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects
Adaptability (Psychology)
Adjustment (Psychology)
Mind and reality.
Brain.
Identity (Psychology)
Avatars (Virtual reality)
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9780674088955 (alk. paper) :
0674088956 (alk. paper)
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viii, 215 pages ; 21 cm
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Prologue -- Introduction -- Part I. The vicarious act -- 1. The brain as a problem-solver -- 2. Perceiving and acting -- 3. The personal body, self, and identity -- 4. Vicariance and changing perspective -- Part II. Ontogenesis and plasticity -- 5. The stages of vicariance -- 6. Vicariance and brain plasticity -- Part III. Vicariance and sharing emotions -- 7. Sympathy and empathy -- 8. Vicarious emotion -- Part IV. Education -- 9. Vicarious learning -- Epilogue.
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Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance--when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think creatively in an increasingly complex world.--
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