Nature's Mind: The Biological Roots of Thinking, Emotions, Sexuality, Language, and Intelligence
Recent, stunning discoveries suggest that natural selection affects not only physical characteristics but also mental processes, from learning to substance abuse. Michael S. Gazzaniga reveals that just as the environment selects those organisms most likely to survive, within the brain the environment selects pre-existing capacities from a massive inventory of possibilities. A lesson from biology : modern immunology -- The plastic brain and selection theory -- The developing mind : the interaction of genes and environment -- Language and selection theory -- Specialized brain circuits : selecting for intelligence -- Selecting for mind -- Addictions, compulsions, and selection theory -- Selection theory and the death of psychoanalysis -- Health care, aging, and selection theory -- Epilogue : selection theory and clues to the nature of conscious experience.
