Constructing Our World: The Brain's-Eye View

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Constructing Our World: The Brain's-Eye View is written by Howard Burton and published by Open Agenda Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 177170117X (ISBN 10) and 9781771701174 (ISBN 13).

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor in Psychology at Northeastern University. This extensive conversations covers topics such as Lisa’s winding career path from pre-med to clinical psychology to an academic career in neuroscience and her research on how the brain works and the development of her theory of emotion: every moment of our life, our brain is anticipating and making sense of sensory inputs from its environment—the combination of the internal environment of the body and the external environment—and our brain uses conceptual knowledge to do that. This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Putting the Pieces Together, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter: I. Beginnings - A winding road II. Confronting Variability - Essentialism vs. conceptual categories III. Convergent Pathways - Applying conceptual knowledge IV. Networks - A key conceptual category V. Slow Progress - Some slower than others VI. Towards Genuine Dialogue - The benefits of interacting with essentialists VII. Final Thoughts - Some philosophical reflections About Ideas Roadshow Conversations: Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.