{"product_id":"from-chaos-to-stability-how-the-brain-invents-our-conscious-worlds-paperback","title":"From Chaos to Stability: How the Brain Invents Our Conscious Worlds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsrael Rosenfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEdward Ziff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFiammetta Ghedini\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of Israel Rosenfield and Edward Ziff 's inquiry is the nature of brain function. The sensory world is disordered and chaotic. There are no labels for tables, chairs, or airplanes, and indeed there are no colors, sounds, or smells, only photons, airwaves, odorant molecules, and so on, which are unlabeled and impossible to \"know.\" \u003cbr\u003e To make sense of this chaos, the brain must simplify the sensory inputs by creating, or inventing, the colors, sounds, smells, forms, and faces that are perceived in consciousness, which become a proxy for the chaotic world in which we live. The brain's ability to generalize and categorize these invented perceptions, and to relate them to one another, enables it to form memories, which are not fixed representations of things past, but a dynamic and malleable function of the brain that is relational. \u003cbr\u003e When formation of these worlds breaks down, neurological differences arise. Although the mechanisms that transform sensory chaos into the simplified perceptions experienced in consciousness remain elusive, Rosenfield and Ziff relate what they have learned by means of imaging brain activity and by mapping the neural circuits that comprise memory traces. In addition, the authors offer perspectives for future studies of consciousness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.7 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459492495538,"sku":"9781609389895","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2d0c8de2ab5d5663571a89fe7aa57c73.webp?v=1778902727","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/from-chaos-to-stability-how-the-brain-invents-our-conscious-worlds-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}