Alan Jasanoff is the award-winning director of the MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering. He lives near Cambridge, Massachusett
"The Biological Mind is chock-full of fun facts that entertain. And
best of all, it makes you think. I found myself debating with
Jasanoff in my head as I read -- surely a sign of a worthy
book."--New York Times Book Review
"[Jasanoff's] clear, lively writing reveals how our emotions, such
as the fight-or-flight response and the suite of thoughts and
actions associated with stress, provide strong evidence for a
brain-body connection."--Science News
"Alan Jasanoff's The Biological Mind provides a provocative and
accessible neuroscientific defense of the 'extended mind'
thesis--the idea that we are much more than our brains, and even
the bodies in which they are normally housed. By the conclusion,
readers will be left wondering whether Jasanoff's findings suggest
something even more radical: that our brains are actually platforms
for launching any number of versions of who we really are."--Steve
Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology at the
University of Warwick and author of Humanity 2.0
"Alan Jasanoff's The Biological Mind...stylishly sums up the state
of current knowledge while emphasizing the limitations of
neuroscientific understanding."--Wall Street Journal
"Any book that opens with a historical account of the nutritional
merits of eating animal brains and concludes with an imaginary
account of the author's brain being removed from his body to take
up residence in a vat is certainly worth a read, and Alan
Jasanoff's The Biological Mind is precisely that. Thought-provoking
and enjoyable, this book will provide readers with a new conception
of who they are."--Robert Whitaker, authorof Anatomy of an
Epidemic
"In this powerful treatise, neurological engineer Alan Jasanoff
issues a corrective to the 'cerebral mystique.'"--Nature
"Jasanoff writes with admirable clarity as he argues that the
modern tendency of neuroscience to take a 'brain-centered view'
that overlooks external sources of behavior can lead to
epistemological dead ends."--Kirkus Reviews
"Jasonoff delivers a highly readable and enjoyable exploration of a
series of compelling questions relating to the human
experience."--CHOICE
"Neuroscientist Alan Jasanoff has identified a widespread 'Brain
Mystique'--a collection of folk theories about the brain that are
scientifically false. In The Biological Mind, Jasanoff dispels
these theories while leading the reader on an engaging tour of real
neuroscience, from the brain to the body to the social and physical
world."--George Lakoff, coauthor of The Neural Mind
"Taking the brain off of its pedestal, Jasanoff offers an
exhaustive, comprehensible, and at times playful (e.g., why do
humans now study brains instead of eat them?) look at the brain.
Appropriate for both neuroscientists as well as general readers
interested in gaining a better understanding of this vital
organ."--Library Journal
"The book features a learned and experienced author who has the
ability to take complex concepts of neuroanatomy and
neurophysiology and explain them in easy to understand
descriptions. The intelligent reader interested in 21st century
understanding of the human brain and particularly those who may be
involved in mental or physical health will find this book useful
and interesting."--The New York Journal of Books
"The dark side of all the wonderful new neurotechnology at
researchers' fingertips is that too many experts are now
over-simplifying mental illness, reducing it to mere descriptions
of brain physiology. Alan Jasanoff does an outstanding job of
bringing much needed nuance, humanity, and compassion to the way we
think about mental illness and the brain."--Sally Satel, M.D.,
Lecturer in Psychiatry at the Yale University School of
Medicine
"This philosophical puzzle has been posed, in various forms, for
centuries and is one of the starting points for Alan Jasanoff's
elegant and spirited attack on what he calls our 'cerebral
mystique' ... A lucid primer on current brain science that takes
the form of a passionate warning about its limitations."--Wall
Street Journal
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