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An acclaimed neuroscientist explores the physical basis of emotions in the brain, suggesting that emotions are the foundation upon which the brain builds the unique mind.
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Greenfield, director of Britain's Royal Institution and professor of pharmacology at Oxford, maintains that emotions, triggered by individual life experiences, are the foundation upon which brains build individual minds. For Greenfield, brain functioning must be seen as integral to the body, and consciousness as the iteration between body and brain. This claim counteracts scientists' holding that brains can be studied without studying consciousness. Greenfield cites John Searle who remarked that studying the brain without interest in consciousness is like studying the stomach without interest in digestion. Includes an appendix on the neurophysiology of consciousness geared to the more scientifically trained. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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