Mind shift: how culture transformed the human brain
Auteur :
Parrington, John
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198801634
Date de publication :
22 avr. 2021
Dimensions :
24,3 x 16,3 x 4,6 cm
Poids :
794 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
What makes human consciousness unique? John Parrington draws on early Russian ideas and the latest neuroscience to argue that humans went through a 'mind shift' when we developed language, and words and the shared cultural world they enabled altered our brains, and have shaped them ever since.