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FROM NEURON TO COGNITION CASE STUDIES IN
VIA COMPUTATIONAL NEURAL DATA ANALYSIS
NEUROSCIENCE A Guide for the
edited by Michael A. Arbib and Practicing Neuroscientist
James J. Bonaiuto Mark A. Kramer and Uri T. Eden
This textbook presents As neural data becomes increasingly complex, neuro-
a wide range of sub- scientists now require skills in computer program-
jects in neuroscience ming, statistics, and
from a computational data analysis. This
perspective. It offers a book teaches practical
comprehensive, inte- neural data analysis
grated introduction to techniques by present-
core topics, using coming example datasets
putational tools to and developing tech-
trace a path from neu- niques and tools for
rons and circuits to analyzing them. Each
behavior and cognition. Moreover, the chapter begins with
chapters show how computational neuroscience — a specific example of
methods for modeling the causal interactions under- neural data, which
lying neural systems — complements empirical motivates mathematical and statistical analysis meth-
research in advancing the understanding of brain ods that are then applied to the data. This practical,
and behavior. hands-on approach is unique among data analysis
The chapters — all by leaders in the field, and care- textbooks and guides, and equips the reader with the
fully integrated by the editors — cover such subjects tools necessary for real-world neural data analysis.
as action and motor control; neuroplasticity, neuro- The book begins with an introduction to MATLAB,
modulation, and reinforcement learning; vision; and the most common programming platform in neuro-
language — the core of human cognition. science, which is used in the book. The book goes
on to cover neural field data and spike train data,
Contributors: M. A. Arbib, J. Ayers, J. Bednar, spectral analysis, generalized linear models, coher-
A. Bicanski, J. J. Bonaiuto, N. Brunel, ence, and cross-frequency coupling. Each chapter
J. M. Cabelguen, C. Canavier, A. Cangelosi,
R. P. Cooper, C. R. Cortes, N. Daw, P. Dean,
offers a stand-alone case study that can be used sepa-
P. Ford Dominey, P. Enel, J. M. Fellous, S. Fusi, rately as part of a targeted investigation. The book
W. Gerstner, F. Grasso, J. A. Griego, Z. M. Hafed, includes some mathematical discussion but does not
M. E. Hasselmo, A. Ijspeert, S. Jones, D. Kersten, focus on mathematical or statistical theory, emphasiz-
J. Knuesel, O. Lewis, W. W. Lytton, T. Poggio, ing the practical instead. References are included for
J. Porrill, T. J. Prescott, J. Rinzel, E. Rolls, J. Rubin, readers who want to explore the theoretical more
N. Schweighofer, M. A. Sherif, M. A. Tagamets,
P. F. M. J. Verschure, N. Vierling-Claasen, deeply. The data and accompanying MATLAB
X. J. Wang, C. Williams, R. Winder, A. L. Yuille code are freely available on the authors’ website.
The book can be used for upper-level undergraduate
Michael A. Arbib is Professor of Computer Sciences, or graduate courses or as a professional reference.
Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering,
Mark A. Kramer and Uri T. Eden are Associate
Neuroscience, and Psychology, and Director of
Professors in the Department of Mathematics and
the ABLE Project at the University of Southern
Statistics at Boston University.
California. James J. Bonaiuto is a Postdoctoral
Researcher at the Sobell Department of Motor 2016 • 424 pp. • 137 color illus.
Neuroscience and Movement Disorders at Paper • $60.00/£44.95
University College London. 978-0-262-52937-2 [ T ]
December 2016 • 960 pp. • 351 color illus. Computational Neuroscience series
$115.00/£85.95
978-0-262-03496-8 [ T ]
Computational Neuroscience series
Cover image: Frank H. Guenther. Superior view of key neural processing centers for speech production localized within a
transparent brain. From Guenther: Neural Control of Speech
NEW
THE DISTRACTED MIND
Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World
Adam Gazzaley and Larry D. Rosen
Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride
ourselves on our ability to multitask — read work email, reply to a text, check
Facebook, watch a video clip. Talk on the phone, send a text, drive a car. Enjoy
family dinner with a glowing smartphone next to our plates. We can do it all,
24/7! Never mind the errors in the email, the near-miss on the road, and the
unheard conversation at the table. In The Distracted Mind, Adam Gazzaley
and Larry Rosen — a neuroscientist and a psychologist — explain why our
brains aren’t built for multitasking, and suggest better ways to live in a high-
tech world without giving up our modern technology.
The authors explain that our brains are limited in their ability to pay attention. “Gazzaley and Rosen's work
We don’t really multitask but rather switch rapidly between tasks. Distractions is brilliant and practical,
and interruptions, often technology-related — referred to by the authors as just what we need in these
“interference” — collide with our goal-setting abilities. We want to finish this techno-human times.”
paper/spreadsheet/sentence, but our phone signals an incoming message and — Jack Kornfield,
we drop everything. Even without an alert, we decide that we “must” check in Author of The Wise Heart
on social media immediately.
Gazzaley and Rosen offer practical strategies, backed by science, to fight distraction. We can change our brains
with meditation, video games, and physical exercise; we can change our behavior by planning our accessibility
and recognizing our anxiety about being out of touch even briefly. They don’t suggest that we give up our
devices, but that we use them in a more balanced way.
“The book strikes an outstanding balance between cutting-edge scientific knowledge and practical suggestions for
effectively coping with today’s unprecedented technological demands, which result in distracted minds at all ages and
make us want to believe in the myth of multitasking.”
— Pat DeLeon, former President of the American Psychological Association
Adam Gazzaley is Professor in the Departments of Neurology, Physiology, and Psychiatry at the University
of California, San Francisco, where he is also Director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center. Larry D. Rosen is
Professor Emeritus of Psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills.
2016 • 296 pp. • 13 illus. • $27.95/£19.95
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COMPUTATIONAL PSYCHIATRY
New Perspectives on Mental Illness
edited by A. David Redish and Joshua A. Gordon
Modern psychiatry is at a crossroads, as it attempts to balance neurological
analysis with psychological assessment. Computational neuroscience offers a
new lens through which to view such thorny issues as diagnosis, treatment,
and integration with neurobiology. In this volume, psychiatrists and theoretical
and computational neuroscientists consider the potential of computational
approaches to psychiatric issues.
A. David Redish is Contributors: S. E. Ahmari, H. Akil, D. M. Barch,
Distinguished McKnight M. Botvinick, M. Breakspear, C. S. Carter,
University Professor of Neuroscience at the University M. V. Chafee, S. Denève, D. Durstewitz, M. B. First,
of Minnesota. Joshua A. Gordon is Associate Professor S. B. Flagel, M. J. Frank, K. J. Friston, J. A. Gordon,
of Psychiatry at Columbia University and Associate K. M. Harlé, C. Huang, Q. J. M. Huys, P. W. Kalivas,
Director of Residency Training for Neuroscience at J. H. Krystal, Z. Kurth-Nelson, A. W. MacDonald III,
the New York State Psychiatric Institute. T. V. Maia, R. C. Malenka, S. J. Mathew, C. Mathys,
P. R. Montague, R. Moran, T. I. Netoff, Y. Niv,
2016 • 384 pp. • 19 color, 21 b & w illus. J. P. O’Doherty, W. M. Pauli, M. P. Paulus,
$45.00/£34.95 F. Petzschner, D. S. Pine, A. D. Redish, K. Ressler,
978-0-262-03542-2 K. Schmack, J. W. Smoller, K. E. Stephan,
Strüngmann Forum Reports A. Thapar, H. Tost, N. Totah, J. L. Zick
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Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence
(PROSE Award) in Biomedicine and Neuroscience, (PROSE Award) in Biomedicine and Neuroscience,
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DISCOVERING THE NETWORKS OF THE BRAIN
HUMAN CONNECTOME Olaf Sporns
Olaf Sporns Over the last decade, the study of complex
Crucial to under- networks has expanded across diverse scientific fields.
standing how the Increasingly, science is concerned with the structure,
brain works is behavior, and evolu-
connectivity, and tion of complex sys-
the centerpiece of tems ranging from
brain connectivity cells to ecosystems.
is the connectome, In Networks of the
a comprehensive Brain, Olaf Sporns
description of how describes how the
neurons and brain integrative nature
regions are connected. of brain function
In this book, Olaf Sporns surveys current efforts to can be illuminated
chart these connections — to map the human con- from a complex net-
nectome. He argues that the nascent field of connec- work perspective.
tomics has already begun to influence the way many “Sporns provides a comprehensive, tour-de-force
neuroscientists collect, analyze, and think about their overview of the cutting edge of the application of net-
data. Moreover, the idea of mapping the connections work science to neuroscience. This is a book that every-
of the human brain in their entirety has captured the one with an interest in brain function should read.”
imaginations of researchers across several disciplines — Mark Daley and Jody C. Culham,
including human cognition, brain and mental disor- Canadian Psychology
ders, and complex systems and networks. 2016 • 424 pp. • 15 color, 100 b & w illus.
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Network Neuroscience features innovative scientific work that significantly advances
our understanding of network organization and function in the brain across all scales,
from molecules and neurons to circuits and systems.
Positioned at the intersection of brain and network sciences, the journal covers empirical and computational
studies that record, analyze or model relational data among elements of neurobiological systems, including
neuronal signaling and information flow in circuits, patterns of functional connectivity recorded with electro-
physiological or imaging methodology, studies of anatomical connections among neurons and brain regions,
and interactions among biomolecules or genes.
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FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIONS THE COGNITIVE
OF CORTICAL AREAS NEUROSCIENCES
A New View from the Thalamus Fifth Edition
S. Murray Sherman and R. W. Guillery edited by Michael S. Gazzaniga and
Two leading authori- George R. Mangun
ties on thalamocortical Each edition of this classic reference has proved to
connections consider be a benchmark in the developing field of cognitive
how the neural neuroscience. The
circuits of the brain fifth edition of The
relate to our actions Cognitive Neurosciences
and perceptions. continues to chart new
“Functional directions in the study
Connections of of the biological
Cortical Areas is an underpinnings of com-
outstanding piece of plex cognition — the
work. The authors pres- relationship between
ent compelling evidence that the big picture may be the structural and
vastly different from how we usually see it and suggest physiological mecha-
a conceptual path that is both elegant and rich in its nisms of the nervous
implications” system and the psychological reality of the mind. It
— Visual Neuroscience offers entirely new material, reflecting recent advances
in the field.
2013 • 304 pp. • 52 illus. • $45.00/£34.95
978-0-262-01930-9 2014 • 1144 pp. • 87 color, 183 b & w illus.
$200.00/£148.95
978-0-262-02777-9
SINGLE NEURON STUDIES
OF THE HUMAN BRAIN THEORETICAL NEUROSCIENCE
Probing Cognition Computational and Mathematical
edited by Itzhak Fried, Ueli Rutishauser, Modeling of Neural Systems
Moran Cerf, and Gabriel Kreiman Peter Dayan and L. F. Abbott
Foundational studies of the activities of spiking “Not only does the book set a high standard for theoreti-
neurons in the awake and behaving human brain cal neuroscience, it defines the field.”
and the insights they yield into cognitive and — Dmitri Chklovskii, Neuron
clinical phenomena.
“It will not be surprising if this book becomes the
2014 • 408 pp. standard text for students and researchers entering
73 b & w illus., theoretical neuroscience for years to come.”
16 color plates — M. Brandon Westover, Philosophical Psychology
$65.00/£48.95
978-0-262-02720-5 2005 • 576 pp. • 165 illus. • paper • $55.00/£40.95
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MATLAB FOR BRAIN AND
COGNITIVE SCIENTISTS
Mike X Cohen
MATLAB is one of the most popular programming languages for neuroscience and psychology research. Its
balance of usability, visualization, and widespread use makes it one of the most powerful tools in a scientist’s
toolbox. In this book, Mike Cohen teaches brain scientists how to program in MATLAB, with a focus on
applications most commonly used in neuroscience and psychology. Although most MATLAB tutorials will
abandon users at the beginner’s level, leaving them to sink or swim, MATLAB for Brain and Cognitive
Scientists takes readers from beginning to intermediate and advanced levels of MATLAB programming, help-
ing them gain real expertise in applications that they will use in their work.
The book offers a mix of instructive text and rigorous explanations of MATLAB code along with programming
tips and tricks. The goal is to teach the reader how to program data analyses in neuroscience and psychology.
Readers will learn not only how to but also how not to program, with examples of bad code that they are
invited to correct or improve. Chapters end with exercises that test and develop the skills taught in each chap-
ter. Interviews with neuroscientists and cognitive scientists who have made significant contributions to their
field using MATLAB appear throughout the book.
Mike X Cohen is Assistant Professor in the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior at the
Radboud University and University Medical Center, Nijmegan, the Netherlands.
April 2017 • 504 pp. • 183 b & w illus. • $50.00/£37.95
978-0-262-03582-8 [ T ]
ANALYZING NEURAL AN INTRODUCTION

TIME SERIES DATA TO THE EVENT-RELATED
Theory and Practice POTENTIAL TECHNIQUE
Mike X Cohen Second Edition
A comprehensive Steven J. Luck
guide to the concep- An essential guide to designing, conducting, and
tual, mathematical, analyzing event-related potential (ERP) experiments,
and implementational completely updated for this edition.
aspects of analyzing
electrical brain signals, 2014 • 392 pp. • 114 illus. • paper • $52.00/£38.95
978-0-262-52585-5 [ T ]
including data from
MEG, EEG, and
LFP recordings.
2014 • 600 pp. • 243 b & w illus., 28 color plates
$67.00/£49.95
978-0-262-01987-3
Issues in Clinical and Cognitive Neuropsychology

• Winner, 2015 American Publishers Award for TREES OF THE BRAIN,
Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award)
in Biological and Life Sciences, AAP/PSP Division ROOTS OF THE MIND
Giorgio A. Ascoli
PRINCIPLES OF NEURAL DESIGN The human brain is often described as the most com-
Peter Sterling and Simon Laughlin plex object in the universe. Tens of billions of nerve
Neuroscience research cells — tiny tree-like structures — make up a massive
has exploded, with network with enormous computational power. In
more than fifty thou- this book, Giorgio Ascoli reveals another aspect of
sand neuroscientists the human brain: the
applying increasingly stunning beauty of
advanced methods. A its cellular form.
mountain of new facts Doing so, he makes
and mechanisms has a provocative claim
emerged. And yet a about the mind-brain
principled framework relationship.
to organize this knowl- If each nerve cell
edge has been missing. enlarged a thousand-
In this book, Peter fold looks like a tree,
Sterling and Simon Laughlin, two leading neurosci- then a small region of
entists, strive to fill this gap, outlining a set of organ- the nervous system at
izing principles to explain the whys of neural design the same magnified
that allow the brain to compute so efficiently. scale resembles a
“The authors have been thinking deeply about the issues gigantic, fantastic forest. This structural majesty —
discussed and it shows, the neurobiology is right up-to- illustrated throughout the book with extraordinary
date, and the writing is artful, clear, and engaging. This color images — hides the secrets behind the genesis
book is a wonderful start for what will, I believe, become of our mental states. Ascoli proposes that some of the
the standard way for conceptualizing neurobiology.” most intriguing mysteries of the mind can be solved
— Charles F. Stevens, Current Biology using the basic architectural principles of the brain.
After an overview of the scientific and philosophical
2015 • 488 pp. • 169 illus. • $48.00/£35.95
978-0-262-02870-7
foundations of his argument, Ascoli links mental
states with patterns of electrical activity in nerve cells,
presents an emerging minority opinion of how the
BRAIN STRUCTURE brain learns from experience, and unveils a radically
AND ITS ORIGINS new hypothesis of the mechanism determining what
Function, Evolution, Development is learned, what isn’t, and why. Finally, considering
Gerald E. Schneider these notions in the context of the cosmic diversity
within and among brains, Ascoli offers a new per-
An introduction to the brain’s anatomical organization spective on the roots of individuality and humanity.
and functions with explanations in terms of evolu-
tionary adaptations and development. “This unusual book is a hybrid of neuroscience, art, and
dendrology. It is reminiscent of the works of Victorian
“This is a well-written general book on brain anatomy era philosopher-scientists in that it melds the beauty of
and function, which includes numerous useful pictures the natural world with the complexity of the nervous
and clear diagrams to explain brain organization in system. Highly recommended.”
terms of development, evolution and function. It is not — Choice
only valuable for students interested in the field, but also
for neuroscientists and neurologists in general.” 2015 • 192 pp. • 44 color illus. • $32.00/£23.95
— Javier DeFelipe, Neuroscientist, Cajal Institute 978-0-262-02898-1
2014 • 656 pp. • 243 color, 127 b & w illus.

$85.00/£62.95
978-0-262-02673-4 [ T ]

NEW NEW
VISUAL CORTEX AND NEURAL CONTROL
DEEP NETWORKS OF SPEECH
Learning Invariant Representations Frank H. Guenther
Tomaso A. Poggio and Fabio Anselmi In this book, Frank Guenther offers a comprehensive,
The ventral visual unified account of the neural computations underly-
stream is believed to ing speech production, with an emphasis on speech
underlie object recog- motor control rather than linguistic content.
nition in primates. Guenther focuses on the brain mechanisms responsi-
Over the past fifty ble for commanding the musculature of the vocal
years, researchers have tract to produce artic-
developed a series of ulations that result in
quantitative models an acoustic signal
that are increasingly conveying a desired
faithful to the biologi- string of syllables.
cal architecture. Guenther provides
Recently, deep learn- neuroanatomical and
ing convolution net- neurophysiological
works — which do descriptions of the pri-
not reflect several important features of the ventral mary brain structures
stream architecture and physiology — have been involved in speech
trained with extremely large datasets, resulting in production, looking
model neurons that mimic object recognition but particularly at the cerebral cortex and its interactions
do not explain the nature of the computations with the cerebellum and basal ganglia, using basic
carried out in the ventral stream. This book develops concepts of control theory (accompanied by nontech-
a mathematical framework that describes learning nical explanations) to explore the computations per-
of invariant representations of the ventral stream formed by these brain regions.
and is particularly relevant to deep convolutional Guenther offers a detailed theoretical framework to
learning networks. account for a broad range of both behavioral and
The authors propose a theory based on the hypothe- neurological data on the production of speech. He
sis that the main computational goal of the ventral discusses such topics as the goals of the neural con-
stream is to compute neural representations of images troller of speech; neural mechanisms involved in pro-
that are invariant to transformations commonly ducing both short and long utterances; and disorders
encountered in the visual environment and are of the speech system, including apraxia of speech and
learned from unsupervised experience. They describe stuttering. Offering a bridge between the neurological
a general theoretical framework of a computational and behavioral literatures on speech production, the
theory of invariance (with details and proofs offered book will be a valuable resource for researchers in
in appendixes) and then review the application of the both fields.
theory to the feedforward path of the ventral stream Frank H. Guenther is Professor in the Department
in the primate visual cortex. of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and in
the Department of Biomedical Engineering at
Tomaso A. Poggio is Eugene McDermott Professor Boston University, where he is also Director of the
in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences CNS Speech Laboratory and the Neural Prosthesis
at MIT, where he is also Director of the Center for Laboratory. He is on the faculty of the Harvard/MIT
Brains, Minds, and Machines and Codirector of the Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology
Center for Biological and Computational Learning. Program and a Research Associate at MIT’s Picower
Fabio Anselmi is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Istituto Institute for Learning and Memory.
Italiano di Tecnologia Laboratory for Computational
and Statistical Learning at MIT and part of the 2016 • 424 pp. • 145 color illus. • $63.00/£46.95
Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines. 978-0-262-03471-5
2016 • 136 pp. • 25 illus. • $32.00/£23.95
978-0-262-03472-2
Computational Neuroscience series

NEW BRAIN COMPUTATION AS
THE COMPUTATIONAL BRAIN HIERARCHICAL ABSTRACTION
25th Anniversary Edition
Dana H. Ballard
Patricia S. Churchland and The vast differences between the brain’s neural cir-
Terrence J. Sejnowski cuitry and a computer’s silicon circuitry might suggest
Before The Computational Brain was published in that they have nothing in common. In fact, as Dana
1992, conceptual frameworks for brain function were Ballard argues in this
based on the behavior of single neurons, applied glob- book, computational
ally. In The Computational Brain, Patricia Churchland tools are essential for
and Terrence Sejnowski developed a different concep- understanding brain
tual framework, based function. Ballard
on large populations shows that the hierar-
of neurons. They did chical organization of
this by showing that the brain has many
patterns of activities parallels with the hier-
among the units in archical organization of
trained artificial neural computing; as in sili-
network models had con computing,
properties that resem- the complexities of
bled those recorded brain computation can
from populations of be dramatically simplified when its computation is
neurons recorded one factored into different levels of abstraction.
at a time. It is one of
Drawing on several decades of progress in computa-
the first books to bring PRAISE FOR THE
tional neuroscience, together with recent results in
together computa- ORIGINAL EDITION Bayesian and reinforcement learning methodologies,
tional concepts and “This attractive and well- Ballard factors the brain’s principal computational
behavioral data within illustrated volume falls some-
issues in terms of their natural place in an overall
a neurobiological where between a trade book hierarchy. Each of these factors leads to a fresh per-
framework. Aimed and a textbook. . . . The spective. A neural level focuses on the basic forebrain
at a broad audience reader will be well rewarded functions and shows how processing demands dictate
of neuroscientists, who seeks to understand, the extensive use of timing-based circuitry and an
computer scientists, from well-chosen examples, overall organization of tabular memories. An embodi-
cognitive scientists, how to merge the analysis of ment level organization works in reverse, making
and philosophers, neuroscientific data with the extensive use of multiplexing and on-demand pro-
The Computational developments of computa- cessing to achieve fast parallel computation. An
Brain is written tional principles.” awareness level focuses on the brain’s representations
for both expert and — Michael Arbib, Science of emotion, attention and consciousness, showing
novice. This anniver-
that they can operate with great economy in the
sary edition offers a new preface by the authors that
context of the neural and embodiment substrates.
puts the book in the context of current research.
2015 • 464 pp. • 167 illus. • $58.00/£42.95
Patricia S. Churchland is President’s Professor of
978-0-262-02861-5
Philosophy Emerita at the University of California,
San Diego, and Adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute Computational Neuroscience series
for Biological Sciences. Terrence J. Sejnowski is
Francis Crick Professor and Director of the
Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the
THE HANDBOOK OF
Salk Institute, an Investigator at the Howard BRAIN THEORY AND
Hughes Medical Institute, and Distinguished
Professor at the University of California,
NEURAL NETWORKS
San Diego. He was a member of the advisory Second Edition
committee for President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative. edited by Michael A. Arbib
2016 • 568 pp. • 1 b & w illus. A Bradford Book
Paper • $45.00/£34.95 2003 • 1344 pp. • 1000 illus. • $225.00/£166.95
978-0-262-53339-3 978-0-262-01197-6

NEUROSCIENCE NEW
A Historical Introduction REBEL GENIUS
Mitchell Glickstein Warren S. McCulloch’s
An introduction to the structure and function of the Transdisciplinary Life in Science
nervous system that emphasizes the history of experi- Tara H. Abraham
ments and observations that led to modern neurosci- Warren S. McCulloch (1898–1969) adopted many
entific knowledge. identities in his scientific life — among them
“Authoritative, highly philosopher, poet, neurologist, neurophysiologist,
readable, wonderfully neuropsychiatrist, col-
illustrated, and just laborator, theorist,
plain interesting. cybernetician, mentor,
Students of neuroscience engineer. He was,
will finally learn where writes Tara Abraham
all those ideas and terms in this account of
came from that we now McCulloch’s life and
use with regularity. work, “an intellectual
Only Glickstein could showman,” and per-
have achieved all of formed this part
this.” throughout his career.
— Michael Gazzaniga While McCulloch
“Generalists, and even specialists, looking for a good claimed a common
overview of neuroscience will find that Glickstein’s con- thread in his work was
tribution is solid.” the problem of mind and its relationship to the
— Amy Ione, Leonardo Reviews brain, there was much more to him than that. In
Rebel Genius, Abraham uses McCulloch’s life as a
2014 • 392 pp. • 52 color, 119 b & w illus. window to a past scientific age, showing the complex
$58.00/£42.95 transformations that took place in American brain
978-0-262-02680-2 [ T ] and mind science in the twentieth century — partic-
ularly those surrounding the cybernetics movement.
ADVICE FOR A YOUNG Tara H. Abraham is Associate Professor in the
INVESTIGATOR Department of History at the University of Guelph,
Santiago Ramón y Cajal Ontario.
translated by Neely Swanson and 2016 • 312 pp. • 17 illus. • $40.00/£29.95

Larry W. Swanson 978-0-262-03509-5
A Bradford Book
Also available
2004 • 172 pp. • paper • $25.95/£19.95
978-0-262-68150-6 EMBODIMENTS OF MIND
Cloth (1999) • $35.00/£24.95
Warren S. McCulloch
978-0-262-18191-4
Foreword by Jerome Y. Lettvin
• Selected as a Great Brain Book, Cerebrum Introduction by Seymour A. Papert
with a new foreword and biographical essay
RECOLLECTIONS OF MY LIFE by Michael A. Arbib
Santiago Ramón y Cajal Writings by a thinker — a psychiatrist, a philosopher,
translated by E. Horne Craigie with J. Cano a cybernetician, and a poet — whose ideas about
Foreword by W. Maxwell Cowan mind and brain were far ahead of his time.
1989 • 664 pp. • 168 illus. • paper • $45.00/£34.95 2016 • 464 pp. • 75 illus. • paper • $45.00/£34.95
978-0-262-68060-8 978-0-262-52961-7

NEW
VISUAL PHENOMENOLOGY
Michael Madary
In this book, Michael Madary examines visual experience, drawing on both phenomenological and empirical
methods of investigation. He finds that these two approaches — careful, philosophical description of experi-
ence and the science of vision — independently converge on the same result: Visual perception is an ongoing
process of anticipation and fulfillment.
Madary first makes the case for the descriptive premise, arguing that the phenomenology of vision is best
described as on ongoing process of anticipation and fulfillment. He discusses visual experience as being perspec-
tival, temporal, and indeterminate; considers the possibility of surprise when appearances do not change as we
expect; and considers the content of visual anticipation. Madary then makes the case for the empirical premise,
showing that there are strong empirical reasons to model vision using the general form of anticipation and ful-
fillment. He presents a range of evidence from perceptual psychology and neuroscience, and reinterprets evi-
dence for the two-visual-systems hypothesis. Finally, he considers the relationship between visual perception and
social cognition. An appendix discusses Husserlian phenomenology as it relates to the argument of the book.
Michael Madary is Assistant Researcher and Lecturer at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
January 2017 • 264 pp. • 12 b & w illus. • $45.00/£34.95
978-0-262-03545-3
THE NEW VISUAL VISION

NEUROSCIENCES How It Works and What Can Go Wrong
edited by John S. Werner and John E. Dowling and Joseph L. Dowling, Jr.
Leo M. Chalupa Over the past fifty years, enormous progress has been
2013 • 1792 pp. • 575 b & w, 281 color illus. made in understanding visual mechanisms and treat-
$275.00/£207.95 ing eye disorders. And yet the scientist is not always
978-0-262-01916-3 aware of the latest clinical advances and the clinician
is often not up to date on the basic scientific discov-
BACK IN PRINT eries. Writing in nontechnical language, John and
Joseph Dowling, a neuroscientist and an ophthalmol-
VISION ogist, examine vision from both perspectives, provid-
A Computational Investigation into ing concise descriptions of basic visual mechanisms
the Human Representation and and related clinical abnormalities.
Processing of Visual Information The authors begin with the cornea and lens, which
David Marr project an image on the light-sensitive elements
with a new foreword by Shimon Ullman and inside the eye, the photoreceptors, and how that
a new afterword by Tomaso Poggio process can be compromised by such disorders as
2010 • 432 pp. • 150 illus. • paper • $45.00/£34.95 cataracts and corneal disease. They go on to describe,
978-0-262-51462-0 [ T ] among other things, how the photoreceptors capture
light; retinal and visual cortical anatomy and physiol-
ogy; and higher level visual processing that leads to
VISUAL PSYCHOPHYSICS perception. Cortical disorders such as amblyopia are
From Laboratory to Theory discussed as well as specific deficits such as the inabil-
Zhong-Lin Lu and Barbara Dosher ity to recognize faces, colors, or moving objects.
A comprehensive treatment of the skills and tech- Finally, they survey the evolution of our knowledge
niques needed for visual psychophysics, from basic of vision, and speculate about future advances.
tools to sophisticated data analysis. 2016 • 272 pp. • 69 b & w illus., 9 color plates
2013 • 528 pp. • 126 b & w illus,, 10 color plates $32.00/£23.95
$70.00/£51.95 978-0-262-03461-6
978-0-262-01945-3 [ T ]

NEW NEW
THE EMBODIED MIND EMBODIMENT, ENACTION,
Cognitive Science and AND CULTURE
Human Experience Investigating the Constitution
Revised Edition of the Shared World
Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, and edited by Christoph Durt, Thomas Fuchs,
Eleanor Rosch and Christian Tewes
Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn Recent accounts of cognition attempt to overcome
This classic book, first published in 1991, was one the limitations of traditional cognitive science by
of the first to propose the “embodied cognition” reconceiving cognition as enactive and the cognizer as
approach in cognitive science. It pioneered the con- an embodied being who is embedded in biological,
nections between phenomenology and science and psychological, and cultural contexts. Cultural forms
between Buddhist practices and science — claims of sense-making constitute the shared world, which
that have since become highly influential. Through in turn is the origin and place of cognition. This vol-
this cross-fertilization of disparate fields of study, ume is the first interdisciplinary collection on the cul-
The Embodied Mind introduced a new form of cog- tural context of embodiment, offering perspectives
nitive science called “enaction,” in which both the that range from the neurophilosophical to the
environment and first person experience are aspects anthropological.
of embodiment. However, enactive embodiment is The book brings together new contributions by some
not the grasping of an independent, outside world of the most renowned scholars in the field and the
by a brain, a mind, or a self; rather it is the bringing latest results from up-and-coming researchers. The
forth of an interdependent world in and through contributors explore conceptual foundations, drawing
embodied action. Although enacted cognition lacks on work by Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, and Sartre, and
an absolute foundation, the book showed how that respond to recent critiques. They consider whether
does not lead to either experiential or philosophical there is something in the self that precedes intersub-
nihilism. Above all, the book’s arguments were pow- jectivity and inquire into the relation between culture
ered by the conviction that the sciences of mind must and consciousness, the nature of shared meaning and
encompass lived human experience and the possibili- social understanding, the social dimension of shame,
ties for transformation inherent in human experience. and the nature of joint affordances. They apply the
This revised edition includes substantive introduc- notion of radical enactive cognition to evolutionary
tions by Evan Thompson and Eleanor Rosch that anthropology, and examine the concept of the body
clarify central arguments of the work and discuss and in relation to culture in light of studies in such fields
evaluate subsequent research that has expanded on as phenomenology, cognitive neuroscience, psychol-
the themes of the book, including the renewed theo- ogy, and psychopathology. Through such investiga-
retical and practical interest in Buddhism and mind- tions, the book breaks ground for the study of the
fulness. A preface by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the originator interplay of embodiment, enaction, and culture.
of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program,
Christoph Durt is Marie Skłodowska Curie
contextualizes the book and describes its influence on Experienced Researcher at the University of Vienna.
his life and work. Thomas Fuchs is Karl Jaspers Professor of Philosophy
and Psychiatry at the University of Heidelberg.
Francisco J. Varela (1946–2001) was Director of the
Christian Tewes is a project manager and
Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Professor
coordinator of the research group Embodiment
of Cognitive Science and Epistemology, CREA, at the
as a Paradigm of Evolutionary Anthropology at
Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, and Cofounder of the
the University of Heidelberg.
Mind and Life Institute. Evan Thompson is Professor
of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. March 2017 • 464 pp. • 6 b & w illus. • $55.00/£40.95
Eleanor Rosch is Professor of Psychology at the 978-0-262-03555-2
University of California, Berkeley.
December 2016 • 376 pp. • 25 illus.
Paper • $30.00/£22.95
978-0-262-52936-5

NEW NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK
LIVING ZEN REMINDFULLY FELT TIME
Retraining Subconscious Awareness The Science of How We Experience Time
James H. Austin, M.D. Marc Wittmann
This is a book for translated by Erik Butler
readers who want to In Felt Time, Marc Wittmann explores our perception
probe more deeply of time — whether moment by moment, or in terms
into mindfulness. of life as a whole.
It goes beyond the Drawing on the latest
casual, once-in-awhile insights from psychol-
meditation in popular ogy and neuroscience,
culture, grounding he explains, among
mindfulness in daily other things, how we
practice, Zen teach- choose between savor-
ings, and recent ing the moment and
research in neuro- deferring gratification,
science. In Living Zen and how the feeling of
Remindfully, James “Dr. James Austin's unique duration can serve as
Austin, author of and rich perspectives on the an “error signal,” let-
the groundbreaking brain, mind, and Zen enrich ting us know when it
Zen and the Brain, and astound.” is taking too long for
describes authentic — Roshi Joan Halifax, dinner to be ready or for the bus to come. Describing
Zen training — the Abbot, Upaya Zen Center how, as we grow older, subjective time accelerates as
commitment to a routine increases, Wittman considers the practice of
process of regular, ongoing daily life practice. This mindfulness, and whether it can reduce the speed of
training process enables us to unlearn unfruitful life and help us gain more time. He points to recent
habits, develop more wholesome ones, and lead a research that connects time to consciousness; ongoing
more genuinely creative life. studies of time consciousness, he tells us, will help us
James H. Austin, a clinical neurologist, researcher, better understand the conscious self.
and Zen practitioner for more than three decades, “Eloquently sketches out the importance of time, both in
is Professor Emeritus of Neurology at the University the darkness of the lab and in the full light of everyday
of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Courtesy
Professor of Neurology at the University of Florida
behaviour.”
College of Medicine. — Hedderik van Rijn, Nature
2016 • 272 pp. • 13 illus. • $32.95/£24.95 April 2017 • 184 pp. • 11 illus. • paper • $15.95/£11.95
978-0-262-03508-8 978-0-262-53354-6
(Cloth 2016)
ZEN-BRAIN HORIZONS
Toward a Living Zen
James H. Austin, M.D.
In Zen-Brain Horizons, James Austin draws on his decades of experience as a neurologist and Zen practitioner
to clarify the benefits of meditative training. Austin integrates classical Buddhist literature with modern brain
research, exploring the horizons of a living, neural Zen.
“Zen-Brain Horizons advances our understanding of creativity and happiness. What more can we ask of the good
doctor?”
— Matt Sutherland, ForeWord Reviews
2016 • 296 pp. • 5 color plates, 15 b & w illus. • paper • $20.95/£15.95
978-0-262-52883-2
(Cloth 2014)

NEW NEW
THE MIND–BODY PROBLEM EVOLVING ENACTIVISM
Jonathan Westphal Basic Minds Meet Content
Philosophers from Descartes to Kripke have struggled Daniel D. Hutto and Erik Myin
with the glittering prize of modern and contempo- Evolving Enactivism argues that cognitive phenomena
rary philosophy: the mind-body problem. The brain — perceiving, imagining, remembering — can be
is physical. If the best explained in terms of an interface between con-
mind is physical, we tentless and content-involving forms of cognition.
cannot see how. If we Building on their earlier book Radicalizing
cannot see how the Enactivism, which proposes that there can be forms
mind is physical, we of cognition without content, Daniel Hutto and Erik
cannot see how it can Myin demonstrate the unique explanatory advantages
interact with the of recognizing that only some forms of cognition
body. And if the mind have content while others — the most elementary
is not physical, it can- ones — do not. They offer an account of the mind in
not interact with the duplex terms, proposing a complex vision of mental-
body. Or so it seems. ity in which these basic contentless forms of cogni-
In this book the tion interact with content-involving ones.
philosopher Jonathan Daniel D. Hutto is Professor of Philosophical
Westphal examines the mind-body problem in detail, Psychology at the University of Wollongong.
laying out the reasoning behind the solutions that Erik Myin is Professor of Philosophy at the
have been offered in the past and presenting his own University of Antwerp.
proposal. The sharp focus on the mind-body problem, April 2017 • 336 pp. • 2 b & w illus. • $35.00/£24.95
a problem that is not about the self, or consciousness, 978-0-262-03611-5
or the soul, or anything other than the mind and the
body, helps clarify both problem and solutions.
THE PRAGMATIC TURN
Jonathan Westphal is Permanent Member of Toward Action-Oriented Views
the Senior Common Room at University College,
Oxford. He is the author of Colour: A Philosophical in Cognitive Science
Introduction. edited by Andreas K. Engel, Karl J. Friston,
2016 • 216 pp. • 1 illus. • paper • $15.95/£11.95 and Danica Kragic
978-0-262-52956-3 Cognitive science is experiencing a pragmatic turn
The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series away from the traditional representation-centered
framework toward a
• Silver Award Winner in Philosophy, view that focuses on
2002 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year understanding cogni-
• Finalist in Psychology/Mental Health, tion as “enactive.” This
Independent Publisher Book Awards 2003 enactive view holds
• Outstanding Academic Book, 2002, that cognition does
Choice Magazine not produce models of
the world but rather
THE ILLUSION OF subserves action as it is
CONSCIOUS WILL grounded in sensori-
Daniel M. Wegner motor skills. In this
volume, experts from
A Bradford Book
2003 • 419 pp. • 57 illus. • paper • $27.95/£19.95 cognitive science, neu-
978-0-262-73162-1 [ T ] roscience, psychology,
(Cloth 2002) robotics, and philosophy of mind assess the founda-
tions and implications of a novel action-oriented view
of cognition.
2016 • 432 pp • $49.00/£36.95
978-0-262-03432-6
Strüngmann Forum Reports

NEW THE COGNITIVE–EMOTIONAL
INVISIBLE MIND BRAIN
Flexible Social Cognition From Interactions to Integration
and Dehumanization Luiz Pessoa
Lasana T. Harris The idea that a specific brain circuit constitutes the
In Invisible Minds, Lasana Harris takes a social neu- emotional brain (and its corollary, that cognition
roscience approach to explaining the worst of human resides elsewhere) shaped thinking about emotion and
behavior. How can a person take part in racially the brain for many
motivated violence and then tenderly cradle a baby or years. Recent behav-
lovingly pet a puppy? Harris argues that our social ioral, neuropsychologi-
cognition — the ability to infer the mental states of cal, neuroanatomy, and
another agent — is flexible. That is, we can either neuroimaging research,
engage or withhold social cognition. If we withhold however, suggests that
social cognition, we dehumanize the other person. emotion interacts with
Integrating theory from a range of disciplines — cognition in the brain.
social, developmental, and cognitive psychology, evo- In this book, Luiz
lutionary anthropology, philosophy, economics, and Pessoa moves beyond
law — with neuroscience data, Harris explores how the debate over func-
and why we engage or withhold social cognition. He tional specialization,
examines research in these different disciplines and describing the many ways that emotion and cognition
describes biological processes that underlie flexible interact and are integrated in the brain.
social cognition, including brain, genetic, hormonal, “...this is an extremely valuable book, both as a resource
and physiological mechanisms. for those who want to understand the current state of
Lasana T. Harris is Senior Lecturer in Experimental research on emotion and cognition, and as a coherent,
Psychology at University College London and Guest well-supported challenge to the currently dominant
Lecturer in Social and Organizational Psychology at understanding of the relationship between them.”
Leiden University.
— Metapsychology
March 2017 • 224 pp. • 1 b & w illus. • $40.00/£29.95
978-0-262-03596-5 2013 • 336 pp. • 70 b & w illus. • 14 color plates
$45.00/£34.95
978-0-262-01956-9
THINKING ABOUT ONESELF
From Nonconceptual Content to the Concept of a Self
Kristina Musholt
In this book, Kristina Musholt offers a novel theory of self-consciousness, understood as the ability to think
about oneself. Traditionally, self-consciousness has been central to many philosophical theories. More recently,
it has become the focus of empirical investigation in psychology and neuroscience. Musholt draws both on
philosophical considerations and on insights from the empirical sciences to offer a new account of self-con-
sciousness — the ability to think about ourselves that is at the core of what makes us human.
“While many have lost their way in the enchanted forest of self-consciousness, Kristina Musholt, with wonderful clar-
ity, provides in Thinking about Oneself a straight path through the forest. It should set a new standard on how to
account for the infant’s transformation from implicit self-consciousness to full-blown reflective self-consciousness.”
— John Barresi, retired Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University;
coauthor of Naturalization of the Soul and The Rise and Fall of Soul and Self
2015 • 248 pp. • 1 illus. • $42.00/£31.95
978-0-262-02920-9


NEW
MORAL PSYCHOLOGY, VOLUME 5
Virtue and Character
edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Christian B. Miller
Philosophers have discussed virtue and character since Socrates, but many traditional views have been challenged
by recent findings in psychology and neuroscience. This fifth volume of Moral Psychology grows out of this new
wave of interdisciplinary work on virtue, vice, and character. It offers essays, commentaries, and replies by leading
philosophers and scientists who explain and use empirical findings from psychology and neuroscience to illumi-
nate virtue and character and related issues in moral philosophy. The contributors discuss such topics as elimina-
tivist and situationist challenges to character; investigate the conceptual and empirical foundations of self-control,
honesty, humility, and compassion; and consider whether the virtues contribute to well-being.
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is Stillman Professor of Contributors: S. E. Ahmari, H. Akil, D. M. Barch,
Practical Ethics in the Philosophy Department and M. Botvinick, M. Breakspear, C. S. Carter,
the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. M. V. Chafee, S. Denève, D. Durstewitz, M. B. First,
Christian B. Miller is Professor of Philosophy at S. B. Flagel, M. J. Frank, K. J. Friston, J. A. Gordon,
Wake Forest University and Director of the K. M. Harlé, C. Huang, Q. J. M. Huys, P. W. Kalivas,
Character Project (www.thecharacterproject.com). J. H. Krystal, Z. Kurth-Nelson, A. W. MacDonald III,
T. V. Maia, R. C. Malenka, S. J. Mathew, C. Mathys,
March 2017 • 632 pp. • 12 line drawings P. R. Montague, R. Moran, T. I. Netoff, Y. Niv,
Paper • $45.00/£34.95 J. P. O’Doherty, W. M. Pauli, M. P. Paulus,
978-0-262-53318-8 F. Petzschner, D. S. Pine, A. D. Redish, K. Ressler,
Cloth • $100.00/£74.95 K. Schmack, J. W. Smoller, K. E. Stephan, A. Thapar,
978-0-262-03557-6 H. Tost, N. Totah, J. L. Zick
THE MORAL BRAIN NEW

A Multidisciplinary Perspective THE SOCIAL TURN IN
edited by Jean Decety and Thalia Wheatley MORAL PSYCHOLOGY
Over the past decade, Mark Fedyk
an explosion of empir- In this book, Mark Fedyk offers a novel analysis of
ical research in a vari- the relationship between moral psychology and allied
ety of fields has fields in the social sciences. Fedyk shows how the
allowed us to under- social sciences can be integrated with moral philoso-
stand human moral phy, argues for the benefits of such an integration,
sensibility as a sophis- and offers a new ethical theory that can be used to
ticated integration of bridge research between the two.
cognitive, emotional, Fedyk argues that moral psychology should take a
and motivational social turn, investigating the psychological processes
mechanisms shaped that motivate patterns of social behavior defined as
through evolution, ethical using normative information extracted from
development, and cul- the social sciences. He points out methodological
ture. Evolutionary problems in conventional moral psychology, particu-
biologists have shown that moral cognition evolved larly the increasing methodological and conceptual
to aid cooperation; developmental psychologists have inconsilience with both philosophical ethics and evo-
demonstrated that the elements that underpin lutionary biology. Fedyk’s “causal theory of ethics” is
morality are in place much earlier than we thought; designed to provide moral psychology with an ethical
and social neuroscientists have begun to map brain theory that can be used without creating tension
circuits implicated in moral decision making. This between its scientific practice and the conceptual
volume offers an overview of current research on the vocabulary of philosophical ethics.
moral brain, examining the topic from disciplinary
perspectives that range from anthropology and neu- Mark Fedyk is Assistant Professor in the Department
rophilosophy to justice and law. of Philosophy at Mount Allison University.
January 2017 • 256 pp. • 7 b & w illus.
2015 • 290 pp. • 8 illus. • $37.00/£27.95
$40.00/£29.95
978-0-262-02871-4
978-0-262-03556-9
NEW
MORAL JUDGMENTS AS EDUCATED INTUITIONS
Hanno Sauer
Rationalists about the psychology of moral judgment argue that moral cognition has a rational foundation.
Recent challenges to this account, based on findings in the empirical psychology of moral judgment, contend
that moral thinking has no rational basis. In this book, Hanno Sauer argues that moral reasoning does play
a role in moral judgment — but not, as is commonly supposed, because conscious reasoning produces
moral judgments directly. Moral reasoning figures in the acquisition, formation, maintenance, and reflective
correction of moral intuitions. Sauer proposes that when we make moral judgments we draw on a stable
repertoire of intuitions about what is morally acceptable, which we have acquired over the course of our
moral education — episodes of rational reflection that have established patterns for automatic judgment
foundation. Moral judgments are educated and rationally amenable moral intuitions.
Hanno Sauer is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Duisberg-Essen.
January 2017 • 328 pp. • 13 b & w illus. • $50.00/£37.95
978-0-262-03560-6
THE MYTH OF THE MEASURE OF MADNESS

THE MORAL BRAIN Philosophy of Mind,
The Limits of Moral Enhancement Cognitive Neuroscience,
Harris Wiseman and Delusional Thought
Throughout history, humanity has been seen as being Philip Gerrans
in need of improvement, most pressingly in need of In The Measure of Madness, Philip Gerrans offers
moral improvement. Today, in what has been called a novel explanation of delusion. Over the last two
the beginnings of “the golden age of neuroscience,” decades, philosophers
laboratory findings claim to offer insights into how and cognitive scientists
the brain “does” morality, even suggesting that it is have investigated
possible to make people more moral by manipulating explanations of delu-
their biology. Can “moral bioenhancement” — using sion that interweave
technological or pharmaceutical means to boost the philosophical ques-
morally desirable and remove the morally problem- tions about the nature
atic — bring about a morally improved humanity? In of belief and rational-
The Myth of the Moral Brain, Harris Wiseman ity with findings from
argues that moral functioning is immeasurably com- cognitive science
plex, mediated by biology but not determined by it. and neurobiology.
Morality cannot be engineered; there is no such thing Gerrans argues
as a “moral brain.” that once we fully
“[Wiseman] argues compellingly against ‘neuroprimacy’ describe the computa-
in ethics . . . . Through his thoughtful critique of neuro- tional and neural mechanisms that produce delusion
scientific reductionism, he provides a foundation for and the way in which conscious experience and
understanding the complexities of moral action . . . . thought depend on them, the concept of delusional
The Myth of the Moral Brain is a cautionary tale belief retains only a heuristic role in the explanation
of overconfidence in easy fixes for deep flaws.” of delusion.
— New Scientist A Bradford Book
2014 • 296 pp. • 3 illus. • $42.00/£31.95
2016 • 352 pp. • $38.00/£28.95
978-0-262-02755-7
978-0-262-03392-3
Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues
Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues
in Biology and Psychology
in Biology and Psychology

DISTURBED CONSCIOUSNESS NEW
New Essays on Psychopathology EXTRAORDINARY SCIENCE
and Theories of Consciousness AND PSYCHIATRY
edited by Rocco J. Gennaro Responses to the Crisis in Mental
edited by Jeffrey Poland and Şerife Tekin

In Disturbed Consciousness, philosophers and other Health Research
scholars examine various psychopathologies in light
of specific philosophical theories of consciousness. Psychiatry and mental health research is in crisis, with
The contributing authors — some of them discussing tensions between psychiatry’s clinical and research
or defending their own theoretical work — consider aims and controversies over diagnosis, treatment, and
not only how a theory of consciousness can account scientific constructs for studying mental disorders.
for a specific psychopathological condition but also At the center of these controversies is the Diagnostic
how the characteristics of a psychopathology might and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM),
challenge such a theory. Each essay offers a distinc- which — especially after the publication of DSM-5
tive perspective from the intersection of philosophy, — many have found seriously flawed as a guide for
consciousness research, and psychiatry. research. This book addresses the crisis and the associ-
2015 • 392 pp. • 3 illus. • $48.00/£35.95 ated “extraordinary science” (Thomas Kuhn’s term for
978-0-262-02934-6 scientific research during a state of crisis) from the
Philosophical Psychopathology series perspective of philosophy of science. The goal is to
help reconcile the competing claims of science and
TRANSLATIONAL phenomenology within psychiatry and to offer new
insights for the philosophy of science.
NEUROSCIENCE
The contributors discuss the epistemological origins
Toward New Therapies of the current crisis, the nature of evidence in psy-
edited by Karoly Nikolich and chiatric research, and the National Institute for
Steven E. Hyman Mental Health’s Research Domain Criteria project.
Today, translational neuroscience faces significant They consider particular research practices in psychi-
challenges. Available therapies to treat brain and atry — computational, personalized, mechanistic,
nervous system disorders are extremely limited and and user-led — and the specific categories of schizo-
dated, and further development has effectively ceased. phrenia, depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder.
Disinvestment by the private sector occurred just as Finally, they examine the DSM’s dubious practice of
promising new technologies in genomics, stem cell pathologizing normality.
biology, and neuroscience emerged to offer new pos-
Contributors: R. P. Bentall, J. Bickle, R. Bluhm,
sibilities. In this volume, experts from both academia R. Cooper, K. Cratsley, O. Flanagan, M. Frank,
E. Machery, J. Poland, C. Pouncey, Ş. Tekin, P. Zachar

and industry discuss how novel technologies and G. Graham, G. A. Hoffman, H. Kincaid, A. Kostko,
reworked translation concepts can create a more
effective translational neuroscience.
Jeffrey Poland is Visiting Professor of Science
The contributors consider such topics as using and Technology Studies at Brown University
genomics and neuroscience for better diagnostics and and a Senior Lecturer in History, Philosophy, and
Şerife Tekin is Assistant Professor in the Department

biomarker identification; new approaches to disease Social Science at Rhode Island School of Design.
based on stem cell technology and more careful use of
animal models; and greater attention to human biol- of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Daemen
College, Amherst, New York.
ogy and what it will take to make new therapies avail-
able for clinical use. They conclude with a conceptual January 2017 • 334 pp. • 6 b & w illus.
roadmap for an effective and credible translational $50.00/£37.95
neuroscience — one informed by a disease-focused 978-0-262-03548-4
knowledge base and clinical experience.
2015 • 352 pp. • 5 color, 8 b & w illus. • $53.00/£39.95
978-0-262-02986-5
Strüngmann Forum Reports

AFTER PHRENOLOGY
Neural Reuse and the Interactive Brain
Michael L. Anderson
The computer analogy of the mind has been as widely adopted in contemporary
cognitive neuroscience as was the analogy of the brain as a collection of organs in
phrenology. Just as the phrenologist would insist that each organ must have its
particular function, so contemporary cognitive neuroscience is committed to the
notion that each brain region must have its fundamental computation. In After
Phrenology, Michael Anderson argues that to achieve a fully post-phrenological
science of the brain, we need to reassess this commitment and devise an alternate,
neuroscientifically grounded taxonomy of mental function.
Anderson contends that the cognitive roles played by each region of the brain
are highly various, reflecting different neural partnerships established under dif-
ferent circumstances. He proposes quantifying the functional properties of neural assemblies in terms of
their dispositional tendencies rather than their computational or information-processing operations. Exploring
larger-scale issues, and drawing on evidence from embodied cognition, Anderson develops a picture of think-
ing rooted in the exploitation and extension of our early-evolving capacity for iterated interaction with the
world. He argues that the multidimensional approach to the brain he describes offers a much better fit for
these findings, and a more promising road toward a unified science of minded organisms.
“After Phrenology by Michael L. Anderson is a unique and thought-provoking contribution to the current debate
on how cognition interfaces with the environment and how we can move scientific studies of the brain forward. His
theory of 'neural reuse' is a proposal for how we may re-frame the debate and fills in some of the gaps that exist now
when we communicate about the mind, the brain, and the environment.”
— Leonardo
A Bradford Book
2015 • 432 pp. • 7 color, 26 b & w illus. • $48.00/£35.95
978-0-262-02810-3
THE HANDBOOK OF ATTENTION

edited by Jonathan M. Fawcett, Evan F. Risko, and Alan Kingstone
Laboratory research on human attention has often been conducted under condi-
tions that bear little resemblance to the complexity of our everyday lives.
Although this research has yielded interesting discoveries, few scholars have truly
connected these findings to natural experiences. This book bridges the gap
between “laboratory and life” by bringing together cutting-edge research using
traditional methodologies with research that focuses on attention in everyday
contexts. It offers definitive reviews by both established and rising research stars
on foundational topics such as visual attention and cognitive control, underrepre-
sented domains such as auditory and temporal attention, and emerging areas of
investigation such as mind wandering and embodied attention.
The contributors discuss a range of approaches and methodologies, including psychophysics, mental chronom-
etry, stationary and mobile eye-tracking, and electrophysiological and functional brain imaging. Chapters on
everyday attention consider such diverse activities as driving, shopping, reading, multitasking, and playing
videogames. All chapters present their topics in the same overall format: historical context, current research, the
possible integration of laboratory and real-world approaches, future directions, and key and outstanding issues.
2016 • 704 pp. • 6 color plates, 67 b & w illus. • $69.00/£51.95
978-0-262-02969-8

NEW
CANNABINOIDS AND THE BRAIN
Linda A. Parker
The cannabis plant has been used for recreational and medicinal purposes for more than 4,000 years, but the
scientific investigation into its effects has only recently yielded useful results. In this book, Linda Parker offers a
review of the scientific evidence on the effects of cannabinoids on brain and behavioral functioning, with an
emphasis on potential therapeutic uses.
Parker describes the discovery of tetrahydocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive component of cannabis,
and the further discovery of cannabinoid receptors in the brain. She explains that the brain produces chemicals
similar to THC, which act on the same receptors as THC, and shows that the endocannabinoid system is
involved in all aspects of brain functioning. Parker reports that cannabis contains not only the psychoactive
compound THC, but also other compounds of potential therapeutic benefit, and that one of them, cannabidiol
(CBD), shows promise for the treatment of pain, anxiety, and epilepsy. Parker reviews the evidence on cannabi-
noids and anxiety, depression, mood, sleep, schizophrenia, learning and memory, addiction, sex, appetite and
obesity, chemotherapy-induced nausea, epilepsy, and such neurodegenerative disorders as multiple sclerosis and
Alzheimer’s Disease. Each chapter also links the scientific evidence to historical and anecdotal reports of the
medicinal use of cannabis.
As debate about the medical use of marijuana continues, Parker’s balanced and objective review of the funda-
mental science and potential therapeutic effects of cannabis is especially timely.
Linda A. Parker is Professor in the Psychology and Collaborative Neuroscience Program and Canada Research
Chair in Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Guelph.
March 2017 • 248 pp. • 11 illus. • $35.00/£24.95
978-0-262-03579-8
WHAT THE BODY COMMANDS

The Imperative Theory of Pain
Colin Klein
In What the Body Commands, Colin Klein proposes and defends a novel theory
of pain. Klein argues that pains are imperative; they are sensations with a con-
tent, and that content is a command to protect the injured part of the body.
He terms this view “imperativism about pain,” and argues that imperativism
can account for two puzzling features of pain: its strong motivating power
and its uninformative nature. Klein argues that the biological purpose of pain
is homeostatic; like hunger and thirst, pain helps solve a challenge to bodily
integrity. It does so by motivating you to act in ways that help the body recover.
If you obey pain’s command, you get better (in ordinary circumstances). He
develops his account to handle a variety of pain phenomena and applies it to
solve a number of historically puzzling cases. Klein’s intent is to defend the imperativist view in a pure form —
without requiring pain to represent facts about the world.
Klein presents a model of imperative content showing that intrinsically motivating sensations are best under-
stood as imperatives, and argues that pain belongs to this class. He considers the distinction between pain and
suffering; explains how pain motivates; addresses variations among pains; and offers an imperativist account
of maladaptive pains, pains that don’t appear to hurt, masochism, and why pain feels bad.
2015 • 232 pp. • $42.00/£31.95
978-0-262-02970-4


NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK CREATING LANGUAGE
WHY ONLY US Integrating Evolution, Acquisition,
Language and Evolution and Processing
Robert C. Berwick and Noam Chomsky Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater
We are born crying, but those cries signal the first Foreword by Peter W. Culicover
stirring of language. Within a year or so, infants mas- Language is a hallmark of the human species; the
ter flexibility and unbounded expressivity of our linguis-
the sound system of tic abilities is unique in the biological world. In this
their language; a few book, Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater argue
years after that, they that to understand this astonishing phenomenon,
are engaging in con- we must consider how
versations. This language is created:
remarkable, species- moment by moment,
specific ability to in the generation and
acquire any human understanding of indi-
language — “the lan- vidual utterances; year
guage faculty” — raises by year, as new lan-
important biological guage learners acquire
questions about lan- language skills; and
guage, including how generation by genera-
it has evolved. This book by two distinguished schol- tion, as languages
ars — a computer scientist and a linguist — addresses change, split, and fuse
the enduring question of the evolution of language. through the processes
Robert Berwick and Noam Chomsky explain that of cultural evolution.
until recently the evolutionary question could not be Christiansen and Chater propose a revolutionary
properly posed, because we did not have a clear idea new framework for understanding the evolution,
of how to define “language” and therefore what it was acquisition, and processing of language, offering an
that had evolved. But since the Minimalist Program, integrated theory of how language creation is inter-
developed by Chomsky and others, we know the key twined across these multiple timescales.
ingredients of language and can put together an
2016 • 344 pp. • 18 illus. • $40.00/£29.95
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distinguishes us from all other animals.
Berwick and Chomsky discuss the biolinguistic per-
spective on language, which views language as a par-
LANGUAGE, MUSIC,
ticular object of the biological world; the AND THE BRAIN
computational efficiency of language as a system of A Mysterious Relationship
thought and understanding; the tension between edited by Michael A. Arbib
Darwin’s idea of gradual change and our contempo-
2013 • 582 pp. • 32 b & w illus., 45 color plates
rary understanding about evolutionary change and
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particular vocal learning in songbirds. Strüngmann Forum Reports
“Will fascinate anyone interested in the extraordinary
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— Ian Tattersall, New York Review of Books
April 2017 • 224 pp. • 4 color, 7 b & w illus. • paper •
$15.95/£11.95
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NEW
IMPOSSIBLE LANGUAGES
Andrea Moro
Can there be such a thing as an impossible human language? A biologist could
describe an impossible animal as one that goes against the physical laws of
nature (entropy, for example, or gravity). Are there any such laws that constrain
languages? In this book, Andrea Moro — a distinguished linguist and neurosci-
entist — investigates the possibility of impossible languages, searching, as he
does so, for the indelible “fingerprint” of human language.
Moro shows how the very notion of impossible languages has helped shape
research on the ultimate aim of linguistics: to define the class of possible human
languages. He takes us beyond the boundaries of Babel, to the set of properties
that, despite appearances, all languages share, and explores the sources of that
order, drawing on scientific experiments he himself helped design. Moro compares syntax to the reverse side
of a tapestry revealing a hidden and apparently intricate structure. He describes the brain as a sieve, considers
the reality of (linguistic) trees, and listens for the sound of thought by recording electrical activity in the brain.
Words and sentences, he tells us, are like symphonies and constellations: they have no content of their own;
they exist because we listen to them and look at them. We are part of the data.
Andrea Moro is Professor of General Linguistics at the Institute for Advanced Study IUSS Pavia, Italy,
where he is also Director of the Research Center for Neurolinguistics and Theoretical Syntax (NEtS).
2016 • 160 pp. • 1 illus. • $21.95/£16.95
978-0-262-03489-0
THE BOUNDARIES OF BABEL BIRDSONG, SPEECH,

The Brain and the Enigma of AND LANGUAGE
Impossible Languages Exploring the Evolution of
Second Edition Mind and Brain
Andrea Moro edited by Johan J. Bolhuis and
with a new foreword by Noam Chomsky Martin Everaert
The new edition of a pioneering book that examines Foreword by Robert C. Berwick and
research at the intersection of contemporary theoreti- Noam Chomsky
cal linguistics and the cognitive neurosciences. Prominent scholars consider the cognitive and neural
2015 • 328 pp. • 24 illus. • paper • $32.00/£23.95 similarities between birdsong and human speech
978-0-262-02985-8 and language.
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Past, Present, and Future of birdsong and its
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Christine M. Johnson language and speech,
Experts survey the latest research on dolphin commu- but also to anyone who
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hopefully heading.”
2015 • 320 pp. • 13 illus. • $37.00/£27.95
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— Pedro Tiago Martins, Biolinguistics
2016 • 560 pp. • 93 illus. • paper • $34.00/£24.95
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• Honorable Mention, 2012 American Publishers THE BRAIN’S
Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence
(PROSE Award) in Biomedicine and Neuroscience, REPRESENTATIONAL POWER
AAP/PSP Division On Consciousness and the
• Outstanding Academic Book, 2012, Integration of Modalities
Choice Magazine Cyriel M. A. Pennartz
NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK Although science has made considerable progress in
CONSCIOUSNESS discovering the neural basis of cognitive processes,
how consciousness
Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
arises remains elusive.
Christof Koch In this book, Cyriel
Christof Koch has Pennartz analyzes
devoted much of his which aspects of con-
career to bridging the scious experience can
seemingly unbridge- be peeled away to
able gap between the access its core: the
physics of the brain “hardest” aspect, the
and phenomenal expe- relationship between
rience. This engaging brain processes and the
book — part scientific subjective, qualitative
overview, part memoir, nature of consciousness. Pennartz traces the problem
part futurist specula- back to its historical roots in the foundations of neu-
tion — describes roscience and connects early ideas on sensory process-
Koch’s search for an ing to contemporary computational neuroscience.
empirical explanation “Science writing at its best.”
— Anil Seth, 2015 • 392 pp. • 14 color plates, 81 illus.
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Koch recounts not 978-0-262-02931-5
only the birth of the
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ranean motivation for his quest — his instinctual (if CONSCIOUSNESS, ATTENTION,
“romantic”) belief that life is meaningful. He gives us AND CONSCIOUS ATTENTION
stories from the front lines of modern research into Carlos Montemayor and
the neurobiology of consciousness as well as his own Harry Haroutioun Haladjian
reflections on a variety of topics, including the dis- In this book, Carlos Montemayor and Harry
tinction between attention and awareness, the uncon- Haladjian consider the relationship between con-
scious, how neurons respond to Homer Simpson, the sciousness and attention. The cognitive mechanism of
physics and biology of free will, dogs, Der Ring des attention has often been compared to consciousness,
Nibelungen, sentient machines, the loss of his belief because attention and consciousness appear to share
in a personal God, and sadness. All of them are sign- similar qualities. But, Montemayor and Haladjian
posts in the pursuit of his life’s work: to uncover the point out, attention is defined functionally, whereas
roots of consciousness. consciousness is generally defined in terms of its phe-
“The book will leave you with a small piece of Koch's nomenal character without a clear functional purpose.
own consciousness, plucked from his head and delivered They offer new insights and proposals about how best
into yours.” to understand and study the relationship between
— Laura Sanders, Science News consciousness and attention by examining their func-
“I argued with Koch all the way through this book. And tional aspects. The book’s ultimate conclusion is that
I loved every minute of it.” consciousness and attention are largely dissociated.
— Robert Stickgold, Nature 2015 • 292 pp. • 10 illus. • $42.00/£31.95
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NEW
NEUROPLASTICITY
Moheb Costandi
Fifty years ago, neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a
fly in amber, unable to change. Today, we know that our brains and nervous
systems change throughout our lifetimes. This concept of neuroplasticity has
captured the imagination of a public eager for self-improvement — and has
inspired countless Internet entrepreneurs who peddle dubious “brain training”
games and apps. In this book, Moheb Costandi offers a concise and engaging
overview of neuroplasticity for the general reader, describing how our brains
change continuously in response to our actions and experiences.
Moheb Costandi writes the Neurophilosophy blog for The Guardian and is
the author of 50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know.
2016 • 200 pp. • 5 illus. • paper • $15.95/£11.95
978-0-262-52933-4
The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
HOW WE REMEMBER DREAMING

Brain Mechanisms of Episodic Memory A Conceptual Framework
Michael E. Hasselmo for Philosophy of Mind
Episodic memory proves essential for daily function, and Empirical Research
allowing us to remember where we parked the car, Jennifer M. Windt
what time we walked the dog, or what a friend said A comprehensive proposal for a conceptual frame-
earlier. In How We Remember, Michael Hasselmo work for describing conscious experience in dreams,
draws on recent developments in neuroscience to integrating philosophy of mind, sleep and dream
present a new model describing the brain mecha- research, and interdisciplinary consciousness studies.
nisms for encoding and remembering such events as “This magnificent book
spatiotemporal trajectories. He reviews physiological is the best philosophical
breakthroughs on the regions implicated in episodic study of dreaming, bar
memory, including the discovery of grid cells, the cel- none. It’s also an out-
lular mechanisms of persistent spiking and resonant standing work of cogni-
frequency, and the topographic coding of space and tive science, with huge
time. These discoveries inspire a theory for under- importance for sleep and
standing the encoding and retrieval of episodic mem- dream research, as well
ory not just as discrete snapshots but as a dynamic as the neuroscience of
replay of spatiotemporal trajectories, allowing us to consciousness. Offering
“retrace our steps” to recover a memory. superb synthesis and
“A valuable resource of information to both readers original theory, this
naıve of the principles of neuroscience and more experi- book sets a new standard for the science and philosophy
enced brain researchers.” of dreaming in the twenty-first century.”
—Vassilis Cutsuridis, Hippocampus — Evan Thompson, Professor of Philosophy,
2013 • 384 pp. • 8 color plates, 111 b & w illus. University of British Columbia; author of
Paper • $35.00/£24.95 Waking, Dreaming, Being and Mind in Life
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ELBOW ROOM • Winner, 2013 American Publishers Award for
Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award)
The Varieties of Free Will in Biological and Life Sciences, AAP/PSP Division
Worth Wanting
New Edition THE NEURAL BASIS OF FREE WILL
Daniel C. Dennett Criterial Causation
with a new preface and afterword Peter Ulric Tse
by the author The issues of mental causation, consciousness, and
In this landmark 1984 free will have vexed philosophers since Plato. In this
work on free will, book, Peter Tse examines these unresolved issues
Daniel Dennett makes from a neuroscientific perspective. In contrast with
a case for compatibil- philosophers who use
ism. His aim, as he logic rather than data
writes in the preface to to argue whether men-
this new edition, was a tal causation or con-
cleanup job, “saving sciousness can exist
everything that mat- given unproven first
tered about the every- assumptions, Tse
day concept of free proposes that we
will, while jettisoning instead listen to what
the impediments.” In neurons have to say.
Elbow Room, Dennett argues that the varieties of free Tse draws on exciting
will worth wanting — those that underwrite moral recent neuroscientific
and artistic responsibility — are not threatened by data concerning how
advances in science but distinguished, explained, and informational causa-
justified in detail. “... a groundbreaking new tion is realized in phys-
Dennett tackles the question of free will in a highly paradigm about how the ical causation at the
original and witty manner, drawing on the theories mind works.” level of NMDA recep-
and concepts of fields that range from physics and evo- — New York Journal tors, synapses, den-
lutionary biology to engineering, automata theory, and of Books drites, neurons, and
artificial intelligence. He shows how the classical for- neuronal circuits. He
mulations of the problem in philosophy depend on argues that a particular kind of strong free will and
misuses of imagination, and he disentangles the philo- “downward” mental causation are realized in rapid
sophical problems of real interest from the “family of synaptic plasticity. Such informational causation can-
anxieties” in which they are often enmeshed — imagi- not change the physical basis of information realized
nary agents and bogeymen, including the Peremptory in the present, but it can change the physical basis of
Puppeteer, the Nefarious Neurosurgeon, and the information that may be realized in the immediate
Cosmic Child Whose Dolls We Are. Putting sociobiol- future. This gets around the standard argument against
ogy in its rightful place, he concludes that we can have free will centered on the impossibility of self-causation.
free will and science too. He explores reason, control Tse explores the ways that mental causation and qualia
and self-control, the meaning of “can” and “could have might be realized in this kind of neuronal and associ-
done otherwise,” responsibility and punishment, and ated information-processing architecture.
why we would want free will in the first place. “I love Tse's book. It has literally set me free. It explains
A Bradford Book these ideas in full glory, in exquisite detail...”
2015 • 248 pp. • paper • $22.95/£17.95 — Stephen Macknik, Scientific American
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NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK
MIND IN ARCHITECTURE
Neuroscience, Embodiment, and the Future of Design
edited by Sarah Robinson and Juhani Pallasmaa
Architecture is late in discovering the richness of neuroscientific research.
As scientists were finding evidence for the bodily basis of mind and meaning,
architecture was caught up in convoluted cerebral games that denied emotional
and bodily reality altogether. Mind in Architecture maps the extraordinary
opportunity that engagement with cutting-edge neuroscience offers present-day
architects. In this volume, leading thinkers from architecture and other disci-
plines, including neuroscience, cognitive science, psychiatry, and philosophy,
explore what architecture and neuroscience can learn from each other. They offer historical context, examine
the implications for current architectural practice and education, and imagine a neuroscientifically informed
architecture of the future.
“For anyone interested in thinking about the broader implications of perceptually oriented neuroscience, Mind in
Architecture presents an interesting read.”
— Todd C. Handy, Perception
February 2017 • 272 pp.
Contributors: T. D. Albright, M. Arbib, J. P. Eberhard,
47 color, 24 b & w illus. • paper • $24.95/£18.95
M. Farling, V. Gallese, A. Gattara, M. L. Johnson,
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(Cloth 2015) A. Pérez-Gómez, S. Robinson
FEELING BEAUTY NEUROSCIENCE OF CREATIVITY

The Neuroscience of Aesthetic edited by Oshin Vartanian,
Experience Adam S. Bristol, and James C. Kaufman
G. Gabrielle Starr Experts describe current perspectives and experimen-
A theory of the neural tal approaches to understanding the neural bases
bases of aesthetic expe- of creativity.
rience across the arts, “A valuable overview of the major issues in this emerging
which draws on the field.”
tools of both cognitive — David Ludden, PsycCRITIQUES
neuroscience and
2016 • 330 pp.
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(lucid and even liter- (Cloth 2013)
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neurobiology of aesthetic experience crossing poetry,
visual art, and music. . . . promises to become a classic.”
— Gregory F. Tague, ASEBL Journal
2015 • 272 pp. • 19 illus. • paper • $20.00/£14.95
978-0-262-52744-6
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NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK THE ENCULTURED BRAIN
THE HUMAN ADVANTAGE An Introduction to Neuroanthropology
How Our Brains Became Remarkable edited by Daniel H. Lende and Greg Downey
Suzana Herculano-Houzel Basic concepts and case studies from an emerging
Humans are awesome. Our brains are gigantic, seven field that investigates human capacities and patholo-
times larger than they should be for the size of our gies at the intersection of brain and culture.
bodies. So the human brain is special, right? Wrong,
2015 • 448 pp. • 9 illus. • $35.00/£24.95
according to Suzana 978-0-262-52749-1
Herculano-Houzel. In (Cloth 2012)
this book, she shows
that it is not the size
of our brain that mat- THE ANCIENT ORIGINS
ters but the fact that OF CONSCIOUSNESS
we have more neurons How the Brain Created Experience
in the cerebral cortex Todd E. Feinberg and Jon M. Mallatt
than any other ani-
How consciousness appeared much earlier in evolu-
mal, thanks to our
tionary history than is commonly assumed, and why
ancestors’ invention,
all vertebrates and perhaps even some invertebrates
some 1.5 million years
are conscious.
ago, of a more effi-
cient way to obtain 2016 • 352 pp. • 55 illus. • $35.00/£24.95
calories: cooking. 978-0-262-03433-3
“[An] engaging work…
Because we are pri- Herculano-Houzel puts her
mates, ingesting more expertise as a science journal- EVOLUTION IN
calories in less time ist to good use.” FOUR DIMENSIONS
made possible the — Publishers Weekly Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral,
rapid acquisition of a
and Symbolic Variation on the
huge number of neurons in the still fairly small cere-
bral cortex — the part of the brain responsible for History of Life
finding patterns, reasoning, developing technology, Revised Edition
and passing it on through culture. Herculano-Houzel Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb
shows us how she came to these conclusions — illustrated by Anna Zeligowski
making “brain soup” to determine the number of This new edition of the widely read Evolution in
neurons in the brain, for example, and bringing Four Dimensions has been revised to reflect the spate
animal brains in a suitcase through customs. The of new discoveries in biology since the book was first
Human Advantage is an engaging and original look published in 2005, offering corrections, an updated
at how we became remarkable without ever being bibliography, and a substantial new chapter. Eva
special. Jablonka and Marion Lamb’s pioneering argument
“Convincing, fun, and inspiring. The Human proposes that there is more to heredity than genes.
Advantage is a game-changer.” They describe four “dimensions” in heredity — four
— Richard Wrangham, author of inheritance systems that play a role in evolution:
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human genetic, epigenetic (or non-DNA cellular transmis-
sion of traits), behavioral, and symbolic (transmission
April 2017 • 272 pp. • 79 b & w illus.
through language and other forms of symbolic com-
Paper • $16.95/£12.95
978-0-262-53353-9 munication). These systems, they argue, can all pro-
(Cloth 2016) vide variations on which natural selection can act.
2014 • 520 pp. • 73 illus. • paper • $33.95/£24.95
978-0-262-52584-8

NEW NEW
THE RATIONALITY QUOTIENT THE DIGITAL MIND
Toward a Test of Rational Thinking How Science Is Redefining Humanity
Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West, and Arlindo Oliveira
Maggie E. Toplak What do computers, cells, and brains have in com-
Why are we surprised when smart people act fool- mon? Computers are electronic devices designed by
ishly? Smart people do foolish things all the time. humans; cells are bio-
Misjudgments and bad decisions by highly educated logical entities crafted
bankers and money managers, for example, brought by evolution; brains are
us the financial crisis of 2008. Smart people do fool- the containers and cre-
ish things because intelligence is not the same as ators of our minds. But
the capacity for rational thinking. The Rationality all are, in one way or
Quotient explains that these two traits, often (and another, information-
incorrectly) thought of as one, refer to different cogni- processing devices. The
tive functions. The standard IQ test, the authors power of the human
argue, doesn’t measure any of the broad components brain is, so far,
of rationality — adaptive responding, good judgment, unequaled by any exist-
and good decision making. ing machine or known
The authors show that rational thinking, like intelli- living being. Over eons
gence, is a measurable cognitive competence. of evolution, the brain
Drawing on theoretical work and empirical research has enabled us to develop tools and technology to
from the last two decades, they present the first pro- make our lives easier. Our brains have even allowed us
totype for an assessment of rational thinking analo- to develop computers that are almost as powerful as
gous to the IQ test: the CART (Comprehensive the human brain itself. In this book, Arlindo Oliveira
Assessment of Rational Thinking). describes how advances in science and technology
could enable us to create digital minds.
Keith E. Stanovich is Professor Emeritus of Applied
Psychology and Human Development at the Arlindo Oliveira is President of Instituto Superior
University of Toronto. Richard F. West is Professor Técnico (Técnico Lisboa), where he is also Professor in
Emeritus in the Department of Graduate Psychology the Computer Science and Engineering Department.
at James Madison University. Maggie E. Toplak is
Associate Professor of Psychology at York University. February 2017 • 336 pp. • 48 b & w illus.
$29.95/£22.95
2016 • 464 pp. • 14 illus. • $39.00/£28.95 978-0-262-03603-0
978-0-262-03484-5
NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK

THE LEAST LIKELY MAN
Marshall Nirenberg and the Discovery of the Genetic Code
Franklin H. Portugal
In 1968, Marshall Nirenberg, an unassuming government scientist working
at the National Institutes of Health, shared the Nobel Prize for cracking the
genetic code. He was the least likely man to make such an earth-shaking discov-
ery, and yet he had gotten there before such members of the scientific elite as
James Watson and Francis Crick. How did Nirenberg do it, and why is he so
little known? In The Least Likely Man, Franklin Portugal tells the fascinating
life story of a famous scientist that most of us have never heard of.
“Nirenberg’s brilliant contribution deserves to be more widely-known. Portugal’s fascinating book can only help.”
— Matthew Cobb, New Scientist
2016 • 200 pp. • 15 illus. • paper • $17.95/£13.95
978-0-262-52993-8
(Cloth 2015)

INDEX
Abraham: Rebel Genius ................................................. 9 Luck: An Introduction to the Event-Related
Anderson: After Phrenology ....................................... 18 Potential Technique........................................................ 5
Arbib: From Neuron to Cognition Madary: Visual Phenomenology ................................. 10
via Computational Neuroscience ................................. IF Marr: Vision................................................................... 10
Arbib: Language, Music, and the Brain ..................... 20 McCulloch: Embodiments of Mind ............................... 9
Arbib: The Handbook of Brain Theory MIT CogNet ................................................................... 29
and Neural Networks ..................................................... 8 Montemayor: Consciousness, Attention,
Ascoli: Trees of the Brain, Roots of the Mind.............. 6 and Conscious Attention ............................................. 22
Austin: Living Zen Remindfully................................... 12 Moro: Impossible Languages....................................... 21
Austin: Zen-Brain Horizons......................................... 12 Moro: The Boundaries of Babel.................................. 21
Ballard: Brain Computation as Musholt: Thinking about Oneself............................... 14
Hierarchical Abstraction ............................................... 8 Nautilus Journal............................................................ 29
Berwick: Why Only Us.................................................. 20 Network Neuroscience Journal ..................................... 3
Bolhuis: Birdsong, Speech, and Language................ 21 Neural Computation Journal....................................... 29
Christiansen: Creating Language................................ 20 Nikolich: Translational Neuroscience.......................... 17
Churchland: The Computational Brain, Oliveira: The Digital Mind ........................................... 27
25th Anniversary Edition .............................................. 8
Open Mind: Discoveries in Cognitive Science Journal.. 2
Cohen: Analyzing Neural Time Series Data ................ 5
Parker: Cannabinoids and the Brain .......................... 19
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