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<p>For 50 years, the world’s most brilliant neuroscientists have struggled to understand how human brains really work. Today, says Dale Purves, the dominant research agenda may have taken us as far as it can--and neuroscientists may be approaching a paradigm shift.</p> <p>In this highly personal book, Purves reveals how we got to this point and offers his notion of where neuroscience may be headed next. Purves guides you through a half-century of the most influential ideas in neuroscience and introduces the extraordinary scientists and physicians who created and tested them.</p> <p>Purves offers a critical assessment of the paths that neuroscience research has taken, their successes and their limitations, and then introduces an alternative approach for thinking about brains. Building on new research on visual perception, he shows why common ideas about brain networks can’t be right and uncovers the factors that determine our subjective experience. The resulting insights offer a deeper understanding of what it means to be human.</p> <p>• Why we need a better conception of what brains are trying to do and how they do it<br> <i>Approaches to understanding the brain over the past seve

Who reads Brains: How They Work and What That Tells Us About Who We Are?

Author

Purves, Dale

Publisher

Financial Times/Prentice Hall

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780137055098

Category

health

Subjects

Medical, Science, Biology

Rating

3.8 / 5 (67 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14