Who's in charge? free will and the science of the brain

Summary: "The "father of cognitive neuroscience" makes a powerful and provocative argument against today's common wisdom that our lives are wholly determined by physical processes we cannot control"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780062096838 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0062096834 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (260 p.) : ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperCollins, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The way we are -- The parallel and distributed brain -- The interpreter -- Abandoning the concept of free will -- The social mind -- We are the law -- An afterword.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.