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Author Velde, Christiaan D. van der.

Title The mind : its nature and origin / Christiaan D. van der Velde
Published Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, [2004]
©2004

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Description 242 pages
Contents Pt. 1. The empirical nature of mental experiences -- 1. The emergence of cognition -- 2. Dialectical events and dialectical notions -- 3. Cognition as a dialectical experience -- 4. Mental images, mental functions, and the mind -- Pt. 2. The cerebral foundation of mental experiences -- 5. Perception and mental representations -- 6. Mnemonic fusions -- 7. The neuronal matrix of visual mental representations -- 8. Left and right visual mental representations -- 9. The neural network of language -- 10. Actualization of mental representations -- Pt. 3. Structures of the mind -- 11. Ego, Superego, Id -- 12. The neurophysiology of dreaming -- Pt. 4. Brain, mind, and body -- 13. The mind-body problem -- 14. Body images, definition, and structures -- 15. Psychological functions of extraneous body images -- 16. Psychological functions of images of the bodily self -- 17. The human encounter : another dialectical event -- 18. Mind-body interactions
Pt. 5. Psychological and clinical implications -- 19. Formation of personality -- 20. Psychopathology -- 21. Psychotherapy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Cognition.
Mind and body.
Mental representation.
LC no. 2004004498
ISBN 1591021901 alkaline paper