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The New Executive Brain - Frontal Lobes in a Complex World (Paperback, Revised edition)
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The New Executive Brain - Frontal Lobes in a Complex World (Paperback, Revised edition)
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Elkhonon Goldberg's groundbreaking The Executive Brain was a
classic of scientific writing, revealing how the frontal lobes
command the most human parts of the mind. Now he offers a
completely new book, providing fresh, iconoclastic ideas about the
relationship between the brain and the mind.
In The New Executive Brain, Goldberg paints a sweeping panorama of
cutting-edge thinking in cognitive neuroscience and
neuropsychology, one that ranges far beyond the frontal lobes.
Drawing on the latest discoveries, and developing complex
scientific ideas and relating them to real life through many
fascinating case studies and anecdotes, the author explores how the
brain engages in complex decision-making; how it deals with novelty
and ambiguity; and how it addresses moral choices. At every step,
Goldberg challenges entrenched assumptions. For example, we know
that the left hemisphere of the brain is the seat of language--but
Goldberg argues that language may not be the central adaptation of
the left hemisphere. Apes lack language, yet many also show
evidence of asymmetric hemispheric development. Goldberg also finds
that a complex interaction between the frontal lobes and the
amygdale--between a recently evolved and a much older part of the
brain--controls emotion, as conscious thoughts meet automatic
impulses. The author illustrates this observation with a personal
example: the difficulty he experienced when trying to pick up a
baby alligator he knew to be harmless, as his amygdala battled his
effort to extend his hand.
In the years since the original Executive Brain, Goldberg has
remained at the front of his field, constantly challenging
orthodoxy. In this revised and expanded edition, he affirms his
place as one of our most creative and insightful scientists,
offering lucid writing and bold, paradigm-shifting ideas.
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