Synopses & Reviews
This exciting, timely book combines cutting-edge findings in neuroscience with examples from history and recent headlines to offer new insights into who we are. Introducing the new science of cultural biology, born of advances in brain imaging, computer modeling, and genetics, Drs. Quartz and Sejnowski demystify the dynamic engagement between brain and world that makes us something far beyond the sum of our parts.
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“An evocative solution to a classic problem: which is more important in shaping the human brain, nature or nurture?
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“An entertaining and startling survey of what it means to be human.” Discover magazine
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“Smart authors with a lot of hot stuff to report on.” Kirkus Reviews
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“A superb book … a breath of fresh air.” V. S. Ramachandran, M.D. , Ph.D., Professor and Director , Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego; adjunct Professor, Salk Institute, author of Phantoms in the Brain
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“wide-ranging...linking cutting-edge neuroscience with social history and popular culture...postmodern culture and globalization....” Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Steven R. Quartz, Ph.D., is director of the Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology and an associate professor in the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Computation and Neural Systems Program. He was a fellow of the Sloan Center for Theoretical Neurobiology at the Salk Institute and a recipient of the National Science Foundation's CAREER award, its most prestigious award for young faculty. He lives in Topanga, California.