Mind shift : how culture transformed the human brain /
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 si...
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- Format:
- Elektronisch E-Book
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- Veröffentlicht:
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New York, New York State :
Oxford University Press,
[2021]
- Ausgabe:
- First edition.
- Zusammenfassung:
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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.
- Umfang:
- 1 online resource (544 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
- Anmerkungen:
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
- Zielpublikum:
- Specialized.
- Bibliografie:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
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0-19-192608-6
0-19-252163-2
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