The Empathic Brain: How the Discovery of Mirror Neurons Changes Our Understanding of Human Nature

The Empathic Brain: How the Discovery of Mirror Neurons Changes Our Understanding of Human Nature
ISBN-10
1105018075
ISBN-13
9781105018077
Pages
248
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Lulu.com
Author
Christian Keysers

Description

The discovery of mirror neurons has caused an unparalleled wave of excitement amongst scientists. The Empathic Brain makes you share this excitement. Its vivid and personal descriptions of key experiments make it a captivating and refreshing read. Through intellectually rigorous but powerfully accessible prose, Prof. Christian Keysers makes us realize just how deeply this discovery changes our understanding of human nature. You will start looking at yourselves differently - no longer as mere individual but as a deeply interconnected, social mind.