Reductionism in Art and Brain Science: Bridging the Two Cultures

Arts & Photography

Kandel, Eric

Kandel, Eric, R.

History & Criticism

Columbia University Press

Combining insights from both cognitive neuroscience and molecular biology, two of the world's leading experts address memory from molecules and cells to brain systems and cognition. What is memory and where in the brain is it stored? How is memory storage accomplished? This book touches on these questions and many more, showing how the recent convergence of psychology and biology has resulted in an exciting new synthesis of knowledge about learning and remembering. Memory: From Mind to Molecules is an ideal primer for courses on learning and memory or for general readers who are interested in discovering what is currently known about one of the basic aspects of human existence.

Memory: From Mind to Molecules

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Squire, Larry

Psychology & Counseling

Roberts and Company Publishers

A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind—our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions—and how mind and brain relate to art. At the turn of the century, Vienna was the cultural capital of Europe. Artists and scientists met in glittering salons, where they freely exchanged ideas that led to revolutionary breakthroughs in psychology, brain science, literature, and art. Kandel takes us into the world of Vienna to trace, in rich and rewarding detail, the ideas and advances made then, and their enduring influence today. The Vienna School of Medicine led the way with its realization that truth lies hidden beneath the surface. That principle infused Viennese culture and strongly influenced the other pioneers of Vienna 1900. Sigmund Freud shocked the world with his insights into how our everyday unconscious aggressive and erotic desires are repressed and disguised in symbols, dreams, and behavior. Arthur Schnitzler revealed women’s unconscious sexuality in his novels through his innovative use of the interior monologue. Gustav Klimt, Oscar Kokoschka, and Egon Schiele created startlingly evocative and honest portraits that expressed unconscious lust, desire, anxiety, and the fear of death. Kandel tells the story of how these pioneers—Freud, Schnitzler, Klimt, Kokoschka, and Schiele—inspired by the Vienna School of Medicine, in turn influenced the founders of the Vienna School of Art History to ask pivotal questions such as What does the viewer bring to a work of art? How does the beholder respond to it? These questions prompted new and ongoing discoveries in psychology and brain biology, leading to revelations about how we see and perceive, how we think and feel, and how we respond to and create works of art. Kandel, one of the leading scientific thinkers of our time, places these five innovators in the context of today’s cutting-edge science and gives us a new understanding of the modernist art of Klimt, Kokoschka, and Schiele, as well as the school of thought of Freud and Schnitzler. Reinvigorating the intellectual enquiry that began in Vienna 1900, The Age of Insight is a wonderfully written, superbly researched, and beautifully illustrated book that also provides a foundation for future work in neuroscience and the humanities. It is an extraordinary book from an international leader in neuroscience and intellectual history.

The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present

Random House]

Das Zeitalter der Erkenntnis: Die Erforschung des Unbewussten in Kunst, Geist und Gehirn von der Wiener Moderne bis heute

Pantheon Verlag

Nobel Prize recipient Eric R. Kandel investigates The Disordered Mind to uncover what brain disorders reveal about human nature. This challenging study will not only help transform medical care but also encourage a new humanism based in part on the biological confirmation of individuality. 
Eric R. Kandel, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his foundational research into memory storage in the brain, is one of the pioneers of modern brain science. His work has helped shape our understanding of how learning and memory work. Building from this scientific research, Kandel explores one of the most fundamental questions we face: How does our mind, our individual sense of self, arise from the physical matter of the brain? The brain’s 86 billion neurons communicate with one another through very precise connections. If those connections are disrupted, the brain processes that give rise to our mind can become disordered, resulting in diseases such as depression, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, and autism. 
The Disordered Mind illustrates how breakthrough studies of these disruptions can deepen our understanding of thought, feeling, behavior, memory, and creativity, and perhaps in the future will lead to the development of a unified theory of mind.

Was ist der Mensch?: Störungen des Gehirns und was sie über die menschliche Natur verraten

Neurowissenschaften: Eine Einführung (German Edition)

Dieses umfassende Lehrbuch fur Studenten und Dozenten der Neurobiologie sowie an der Hirnforschung Interessierter aus Medizin und Psychologie ist die erste integrierende Darstellung der modernen Neurowissenschaften Zahlreiche Disziplinen versuchen gemeinsam menschliches Denken und Verhalten sowie deren Storungen auf biologische Strukturen und Vorgange bzw ihre Veranderung zuruckzufuhren Der Kandel Schwartz Jessell setzt nur Oberstufen Schulwissen voraus und entwickelt aus der umfassenden Prasentation der molekularen und zellularen Grundeinheiten und funktionen des Nervensystems geschickt das Verstandnis von Wahrnehmungsprozessen der Bewegungssteuerung und schliesslich der hohreren geistigen Hirnleistungen wie Sprache Lernen und Gedachtnis Um das von Studierenden nachgefragte Buch auch weiterhin lieferbar halten zu konnen wurde es schwarzweiss gedruckt

Science & Math

Jessell, Thomas

Schwartz, James

Biological Sciences

Spektrum Akademischer Verlag

“We are buried beneath mountains of fast-accumulating data. In such circumstances, this book, rather than adding to the data load, aims to offer real understanding.” ―James Lovelock
Human beings are extraordinary creatures. Intelligent, agile, and curious, we have adapted and invented our way to becoming the most important species on the planet. So great is the extent of our influence, that many speak of a new geological era, the Anthropocene, an age defined by human-induced change to the blue and green globe we call home.
Our lofty status comes with responsibility as much as possibility: How should we approach our present and future? What knowledge should we carry with us? Conceived by James Lovelock, inventor of the Gaia theory, this illustrated essay collection brings together an all-star lineup of thinkers and scientists to offer essential understanding about who we are, how we live, and where we might be going.
Much as the Gaia theory considers our Earth as an integrated whole of living systems, The Earth and I encourages holistic understanding. Across 12 chapters, we take in both the intricate details and immense structures of our species and our planet, from our ever-expanding universe to our minuscule but mighty cells. We see stellar explosions and the layers of life beneath our feet, delve into the neuroscience of decision-making, get to grips with our climate, and contemplate our increasing intimacy with technology.
The book’s world-class contributors include quantum physicist Lisa Randall, Astronomer Royal Martin Rees, Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson, and Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel. With lively illustrations from British artist Jack Hudson, the result is an inspiration for curious minds young and old, and a trusted tool kit for an informed and enlightened future.

The Earth and I

WILSON, EDWARD O.

Morton, Oliver

Pearce, Fred

Rees, Martin

Kump, Lee R.

GRAY,JOHN

Sedláček, Tomáš

Radford, Tim

Pope, Vicky

Randall. Lisa.

APPLEYARD, BRYAN

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Das Zeitalter der Erkenntnis

Siedler Verlag

Panorámica general. BiologÃ­a celular, anatomÃ­a y desarrollo del sistema nervioso. Comunicación intraneuronal. Comunicación entre las células nerviosas. Neurociencia cognitiva. Percepción. Acción. Genes, emociones e instintos. Lenguaje, aprendizaje y memoria.

Neurociencia y conducta (Fuera de colección Out of series) (Spanish Edition)

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

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