The discovery of mirror neurons is a fascinating one... and isn't told in the book! The terms are too technical and there are too many irrelevant details.
What a shame!
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Mirrors in the Brain - How Our Minds Share Actions and Emotions ハードカバー – 2008/2/13
Emotions and actions are powerfully contagious; when we see someone laugh, cry, show disgust, or experience pain, in some sense, we share that emotion. When we see someone in distress, we share that distress. When we see a great actor, musician or sportsperson perform at the peak of their abilities, it can feel like we are experiencing just something of what they are experiencing. Yet only recently, with the discover of mirror neurons, has it become clear just how this powerful sharing of experience is realised within the human brain. This book provides, for the first time, a systematic overview of mirror neurons, written by the man who first discovered them. In the early 1990's Giacomo Rizzolatti and his co-workers at the University of Parma discovered that some neurons had a surprising property. They responded not only when a subject performed a given action, but also when the subject oberved someone else performing that same action. These results had a deep impact on cognitive neuroscience, leading the neuroscientist VS Ramachandran to predict that 'mirror neurons would do for psychology what DNA did for biology'. The unexpected properties of these neurons have not only attracted the attention of neuroscientists. Many sociologists, anthropologists, and even artists have been fascinated by mirror neurons. The director and playwright Peter Brook stated that mirror neurons throw new light on the mysterious link that is created each time actors take the stage and face their audience - the sight of a great actor performing activates in the brain of the observer the very same areas that are active in the performer - including both their actions and their emotions. Written in a highly accessible style, that conveys something of the excitement of this groundbreaking theory, Mirrors in the brain is the definitive account of one the major scientific discoveries of the past 50 years.
- 本の長さ242ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社Oxford Univ Pr
- 発売日2008/2/13
- 寸法21.84 x 1.78 x 14.48 cm
- ISBN-101782326227
- ISBN-13978-1782326229
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...a wonderful book on the mirror neuron system written by the discoverers themselves. A must read for anyone wanting to keep up with this revolution. (Michael Schrift, DO, MA, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School)
...this is an excellent, and one might almost say essential, account...it makes for engaging reading. The tone is authoritative, succinct, and clear. (PsycCRITIQUES)
...this is an excellent, and one might almost say essential, account...it makes for engaging reading. The tone is authoritative, succinct, and clear. (PsycCRITIQUES)
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Giacomo Rizzolatti, one of the world's best-known neurophysiologist, is Full Professor of Human Physiology and Director of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Parma. He was the leader of the Parma team that discovered mirror neurons in the early 1990s. His studies on the cortical motor system and mirror neurons have been published in the most prestigious scientific journals (Science, Neuron, PNAS, PLoS, Brain. Trends in Neuroscience, etc.) and have had a deep impact on the cognitive sciences debate.
He is a member of Academia Europaea, of Accademia dei Lincei, and an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the French Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of Fondation Fyssen. Among his major awards are the Golgi Prize for Physiology, the George Miller Award of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society and the Feltrinelli Prize for Medicine of Accademia dei Lincei. Born in Milan (1966), Corrado Sinigaglia is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Milan. For several years he studied phenomenology of perception and philosophy of action in Leuven, Paris and Cologne. He is also the author of papers on the history of sciences and mathematics, epistemology and foundations of probability. He is currently a member of the Steering Committee of the Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science and of the "Piero Caldirola" International Center for the Promotion of Science.
He is a member of Academia Europaea, of Accademia dei Lincei, and an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the French Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of Fondation Fyssen. Among his major awards are the Golgi Prize for Physiology, the George Miller Award of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society and the Feltrinelli Prize for Medicine of Accademia dei Lincei. Born in Milan (1966), Corrado Sinigaglia is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Milan. For several years he studied phenomenology of perception and philosophy of action in Leuven, Paris and Cologne. He is also the author of papers on the history of sciences and mathematics, epistemology and foundations of probability. He is currently a member of the Steering Committee of the Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science and of the "Piero Caldirola" International Center for the Promotion of Science.
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- ASIN : 019921798X
- 出版社 : Oxford Univ Pr; 第1版 (2008/2/13)
- 発売日 : 2008/2/13
- 言語 : 英語
- ハードカバー : 242ページ
- ISBN-10 : 1782326227
- ISBN-13 : 978-1782326229
- 寸法 : 21.84 x 1.78 x 14.48 cm
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When the day arrived that I had to play catch-up with a reading assignment for a project, at first I was rather skeptical. People do things they don’t want to do all the time and they call it work, and it was the weekend. Having lacked the furthest extent of knowledge in the field of neuroscience, most of these concepts ideologically loomed overhead. Yet, simply put, Mirrors in the Brain by Giacomo Rizzolatti and Corrado Sinigaglia was a well-constructed read.
Giacomo Rizzolatti, a neurophysiologist from Italy, is the lead scientist of the team who discovered mirror neurons. He now works at the University of Parma and has published numerous books about them.
Corrado Sinigaglia is a professor of Logic and Philosophy of science. He obtained a PhD in philosophy of science at the University of Genova and has established a critical association between movements and intentionality.
Both contributors to this text are trustworthy, intellectuals who really know their stuff. And as one reads, it becomes extremely evident even just from the details the authors use when describing their examples.
A daily, integrated aspect of most societies consists of watching movies/dramas/comedies, and we continue to partake in these events as time persists because we enjoy them. But why do we happen to enjoy watching these hypothetical scenarios as opposed to getting up, getting out, and partaking in the experience ourselves? As it turns out, mirror neurons in the brain, in essence, enable us to experience the vast spectrum of human emotions, in part, merely by watching others experience it. It could be the root of the concept “pathos” and other components that made Shakespeare’s works what they have become today. Giacomo Rizzolatti and Corrado Sinigaglia do a wonderful job of explaining mirror neurons to the public with their book, Mirrors In The Brain – How Our Minds Share Actions and Emotions.
To understand in enough depth to take some real wealth-of-knowledge away after a good read, one must understand the content underlying anything with a definite definition. To understand how mirror neurons work, the authors first introduce a scenario in which one envisions themselves in more depth actually interacting with the surrounding world around them. “Somehow”, the tiny chemical and electrical interactions in your brain translate to our macroscopic, physical, translational energy. We are first introduced to the workings of the motor cortex and relatively well-understood neuronal pathways that allow all movement to happen. Once the brain itself has been integrated with the workings of society, there is a progression from the understanding of our own actions, to the understanding of the actions of others. A final, summarization of progression then leads to the feelings underlying those actions and how we begin to sympathize with those, which ultimately leads to the introductory fact of mirror neurons.
Truth be told, I have never read a more intricately worded text. The authors were targeting an intelligent audience to be the subject of their craftsmanship. They did an excellent job at explaining each topic and correlating everything back to one concept. My favorite part about reading this book is that the authors would, every now and then, anticipate a potential trail of thought that a reader might experience and compensate in the way a lawyer presents a counter-argument to their own story and invalidates it. They take into account that a reader might be curious enough to try and put pieces together intuitively and keep everything into perspective and proper context; relevant with the direct topic to be addressed. The book was very clear and easy to follow, and numerous, descriptive pictures were included either for supplementary intellectual purposes or for better understanding of the big picture.
Overall, I would certainly give this book at least 4 out of 5 stars. Very knowledgeable people sat down and spent a lot of time on this – that much is quite evident from the first few pages alone. It was very informative, broken down well over the course of the book, and every concept ties together excellently. Perfect progression and organization helped make this book as effective as it was at portraying it’s ideas cohesively. The only reason I wouldn’t give the full 5 stars to this book is because it was a bit of a grind to figure concepts out in the sense that I had to push through a few pages of information of questions before it started to make sense, and then revisit prior pages to actually grasp what I was reading. And this may have simply been because I lacked the knowledge other readers might have. So by all means, I would recommend this book to anyone who was even the slightest bit interested in the subject.
When the day arrived that I had to play catch-up with a reading assignment for a project, at first I was rather skeptical. People do things they don’t want to do all the time and they call it work, and it was the weekend. Having lacked the furthest extent of knowledge in the field of neuroscience, most of these concepts ideologically loomed overhead. Yet, simply put, Mirrors in the Brain by Giacomo Rizzolatti and Corrado Sinigaglia was a well-constructed read.
Giacomo Rizzolatti, a neurophysiologist from Italy, is the lead scientist of the team who discovered mirror neurons. He now works at the University of Parma and has published numerous books about them.
Corrado Sinigaglia is a professor of Logic and Philosophy of science. He obtained a PhD in philosophy of science at the University of Genova and has established a critical association between movements and intentionality.
Both contributors to this text are trustworthy, intellectuals who really know their stuff. And as one reads, it becomes extremely evident even just from the details the authors use when describing their examples.
A daily, integrated aspect of most societies consists of watching movies/dramas/comedies, and we continue to partake in these events as time persists because we enjoy them. But why do we happen to enjoy watching these hypothetical scenarios as opposed to getting up, getting out, and partaking in the experience ourselves? As it turns out, mirror neurons in the brain, in essence, enable us to experience the vast spectrum of human emotions, in part, merely by watching others experience it. It could be the root of the concept “pathos” and other components that made Shakespeare’s works what they have become today. Giacomo Rizzolatti and Corrado Sinigaglia do a wonderful job of explaining mirror neurons to the public with their book, Mirrors In The Brain – How Our Minds Share Actions and Emotions.
To understand in enough depth to take some real wealth-of-knowledge away after a good read, one must understand the content underlying anything with a definite definition. To understand how mirror neurons work, the authors first introduce a scenario in which one envisions themselves in more depth actually interacting with the surrounding world around them. “Somehow”, the tiny chemical and electrical interactions in your brain translate to our macroscopic, physical, translational energy. We are first introduced to the workings of the motor cortex and relatively well-understood neuronal pathways that allow all movement to happen. Once the brain itself has been integrated with the workings of society, there is a progression from the understanding of our own actions, to the understanding of the actions of others. A final, summarization of progression then leads to the feelings underlying those actions and how we begin to sympathize with those, which ultimately leads to the introductory fact of mirror neurons.
Truth be told, I have never read a more intricately worded text. The authors were targeting an intelligent audience to be the subject of their craftsmanship. They did an excellent job at explaining each topic and correlating everything back to one concept. My favorite part about reading this book is that the authors would, every now and then, anticipate a potential trail of thought that a reader might experience and compensate in the way a lawyer presents a counter-argument to their own story and invalidates it. They take into account that a reader might be curious enough to try and put pieces together intuitively and keep everything into perspective and proper context; relevant with the direct topic to be addressed. The book was very clear and easy to follow, and numerous, descriptive pictures were included either for supplementary intellectual purposes or for better understanding of the big picture.
Overall, I would certainly give this book at least 4 out of 5 stars. Very knowledgeable people sat down and spent a lot of time on this – that much is quite evident from the first few pages alone. It was very informative, broken down well over the course of the book, and every concept ties together excellently. Perfect progression and organization helped make this book as effective as it was at portraying it’s ideas cohesively. The only reason I wouldn’t give the full 5 stars to this book is because it was a bit of a grind to figure concepts out in the sense that I had to push through a few pages of information of questions before it started to make sense, and then revisit prior pages to actually grasp what I was reading. And this may have simply been because I lacked the knowledge other readers might have. So by all means, I would recommend this book to anyone who was even the slightest bit interested in the subject.
Russell A. Rohde MD
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"Mirrors in the Brain: How Our Minds Share Actions and Emotions", Giacomo Rizzolatti & Corrado Sinigaglia, Oxford Univ. Press, Engl. 2008(Ital. 2006). ISBN 978-0-19-921798-4, HC 242/193. Bibliog. 41 pgs., Index 8 pgs., 8 3/4" x 5 3/4".
A scholarly treatise, nimbly paraphrased in places to help increase its understandability and readability to a layperson, the book is an important one in understanding the more recent hypotheses on how the mind works, but it is frightfully far from being "written in a highly accessible style that conveys something of the excitement of this groundbreaking theory," a claim made on the book's cover. In order to do justice for the `general reader', a glossary of terminology plus a few well-labeled maps of the brain would have been helpful in addition to detailing how neuronal firing is mapped.
This English translation is certainly well done, very few grammatical errors are encountered (e.g., minimal for minutest, pg. 139). The author exhorts in 7 chapters the details of neuronal circuitry involved in its motor & sensory systems and explores the body's `acting brain', it's spatial co-ordinates, canonical and mirror neurons, concepts of imitation, language development and emotion sharing. The discussions of the newborn's milieu, its space & visual perceptions, and the discussion on language development are nicely done.
The authors, having introduced the subject matter of this book with "a cup of coffee", led me to expect a few more apropos analogies and, hopefully, some brief discussion of autism; -- but I met an abrupt halt at mention of empathy in subjects NK and B who had anatomical, vascular lesions. The book ended, suddenly, without fanfare or hint of some closure.
So, like many scholarly writings, this important treatise will remain, exactly as it was written, - inadequately read, - until someone is brave enough to distill the contents in style suitable for TCMITS, you know, that common man .... Perhaps we might ask Sharon Begley for a favor.
A scholarly treatise, nimbly paraphrased in places to help increase its understandability and readability to a layperson, the book is an important one in understanding the more recent hypotheses on how the mind works, but it is frightfully far from being "written in a highly accessible style that conveys something of the excitement of this groundbreaking theory," a claim made on the book's cover. In order to do justice for the `general reader', a glossary of terminology plus a few well-labeled maps of the brain would have been helpful in addition to detailing how neuronal firing is mapped.
This English translation is certainly well done, very few grammatical errors are encountered (e.g., minimal for minutest, pg. 139). The author exhorts in 7 chapters the details of neuronal circuitry involved in its motor & sensory systems and explores the body's `acting brain', it's spatial co-ordinates, canonical and mirror neurons, concepts of imitation, language development and emotion sharing. The discussions of the newborn's milieu, its space & visual perceptions, and the discussion on language development are nicely done.
The authors, having introduced the subject matter of this book with "a cup of coffee", led me to expect a few more apropos analogies and, hopefully, some brief discussion of autism; -- but I met an abrupt halt at mention of empathy in subjects NK and B who had anatomical, vascular lesions. The book ended, suddenly, without fanfare or hint of some closure.
So, like many scholarly writings, this important treatise will remain, exactly as it was written, - inadequately read, - until someone is brave enough to distill the contents in style suitable for TCMITS, you know, that common man .... Perhaps we might ask Sharon Begley for a favor.