The Mind Machine

The explosion of knowledge about the brain is leading us. towards an understanding of the very essence of humanity the human mind. Each year brings remarkable advances in neuroscience, neurology, psychology and genetics. In this fascinating study of the brain - the machine that makes the mind - Colin Blakemore draws on the work of brain researchers, clinicians, philosophers, computer scientists, psychologists and linguists to unravel the complexities of the human mind.

Colin Blakemore, Professor of Physiology at the University of Oxford, was described as 'one of Britain's most influential communicators of science' when he won the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Award for furtherance of the public understanding of science. Originally published to coincide with his major TV series. The Mind Machine synthesizes contemporary ideas and discoveries in fields as diverse as human development and language, memory. madness, depression and heredity, violence, drug addiction, dreams. intelligence and creativity.