The compassionate brain
Subtitle: how empathy creates intelligence
By: Gerald Hüther ; translated by Michael H. Kohn.
Publisher: Trumpeter
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781590303306
Subjects: Comparative neurobiology.; Brain -- Evolution.; Brain -- Differentiation.
Work titles: Bedienungsanleitung für ein menschliches Gehirn.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Removing the packing and protective materials; title: Options for assembly and possible applications; title: 2.1 program-controlled structures: brains of worms, snails, and insects; title: 2.2 initially programmable structures: brains of birds, marsupials, and mammals; title: 2.3 lifelong programmable structures: the brains of people; title: 2.4 structures for open-ended programs: the human brain; title: Advice about installations already in place; title: 3.1 optimally successful installations; title: 3.2 defective installations; title: Repairing failed installations; title: 4.1 imbalances between feeling and intellect; title: 4.2 imbalances between dependency and autonomy; title: 4.3 imbalances between openness and self-differentiation; title: maintenance and servicing; title: 5.1 on the ladder of perception; title: 5.2 on the ladder of feelings; title: 5.3 on the ladder of knowledge; title: 5.4 on the ladder of consciousness; title: 5.5 practical advice; title: What to do in case of malfunction; title: 6.1 user errors; title: 6.2 error messages and damage control; title: 6.3 complaints and liability.