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100 1  Frith, Christopher D.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/nr93012342 
245 10 Making up the mind :|bhow the brain creates our mental 
       world /|cChris Frith. 
264  1 Malden, MA :|bBlackwell Pub.,|c2007. 
300    xii, 234 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 00 |tList of abbreviations --|tPreface --|tAcknowledgments --
       |tPrologue : Real scientists don't study the mind --|gThe
       |tpsychologist's fear of the party --|tHard science and 
       soft science --|tHard science - objective ; soft science -
       subjective --|tCan big science save soft science? --
       |tmeasuring mental activity --|tHow can the mental emerge 
       from the physical? --|tI can read your mind --|tHow the 
       brain creates the world --|gpt. 1.|tSeeing through the 
       brain's illusions --|g1.|tClues from a damaged brain --
       |tSensing the physical world --|gThe|tmind and the brain -
       -|tWhen the brain doesn't know --|tWhen the brain knows, 
       but doesn't tell --|tWhen the brain tells lies --|tHow 
       brain activity creates false knowledge --|tHow to make 
       your brain lie to you --|tChecking the reality of our 
       experiences --|tHow do we know what's real? --|g2.|tWhat a
       normal brain tells us about the world --|tIllusions of 
       awareness --|tOur secretive brain --|tOur distorting brain
       --|tOur creative brain -- 
505 00 |g3.|tWhat the brain tells us about our bodies --
       |tPrivileged access? --|tWhere's the border? --|tWe don't 
       know what we are doing --|tWho's in control? --|tMy brain 
       can act perfectly well without me --|tPhantoms in the 
       brain --|tThere's nothing wrong with me --|tWho's doing 
       it? --|tWhere is the "You"? --|gpt. 2.|tHow the brain does
       it --|g4.|tGetting ahead by prediction --|tPatterns of 
       reward and punishment --|tHow the brain embeds us in the 
       world and then hides us --|gThe|tfeeling of being in 
       control --|tWhen the system fails --|gThe|tinvisible actor
       at the center of the world --|g5.|tOur perception of the 
       world is a fantasy that coincides with reality --|tOur 
       brain creates an effortless perception of the physical 
       world --|gThe|tinformation revolution --|tWhat can clever 
       machines really do? --|gA|tproblem with information theory
       --|gThe|tReverend Thomas Bayes --|gThe|tideal Bayesian 
       observer --|tHow a Bayesian brain can make models of the 
       world --|tIs there a rhinoceros in the room? --|tWhere 
       does prior knowledge come from? --|tHow action tells us 
       about the world --|tMy perception is not of the world, but
       of my brain's model of the world --|tColor is in the brain,
       not in the world --|tPerception is a fantasy that 
       coincides with reality --|tWe are not the slaves of our 
       senses --|tSo how do we know what's real? --|tImagination 
       is extremely boring -- 
505 00 |g6.|tHow brains model minds --|tBiological motion : the 
       way living things move --|tHow movements can reveal 
       intentions --|tImitation --|tImitation : perceiving the 
       goals of others --|tHumans and robots --|tEmpathy --|gThe
       |texperience of agency --|gThe|tproblem with privileged 
       access --|tIllusions of agency --|tHallucinating other 
       agents --|gpt. 3.|tCulture and the brain --|g7.|tSharing 
       minds - how the brain creates culture --|gThe|tproblem 
       with translation --|tMeanings and goals --|tSolving the 
       inverse problem --|tPrior knowledge and prejudice --|tWhat
       will he do next? --|tOther people are contagious --
       |tCommunication is more than just speaking --|tTeaching is
       not just a demonstration to be imitated --|tClosing the 
       loop --|tFork handles : the two Ronnies close the loop 
       (eventually) --|tFully closing the loop --|tKnowledge can 
       be shared --|tKnowledge is power --|gThe|ttruth --
       |tEpilogue : Me and my brain --|tChris Frith and I --
       |tSearching for the will in the brain --|tWhere is the top
       in top-down control? --|gThe|thomunculus --|tThis book is 
       not about consciousness --|tWhy are people so nice (as 
       long as they are treated fairly?) --|tEven an illusion has
       responsibilities --|gThe|tevidence --|tIllustrations and 
       text credits --|tIndex. 
650  0 Brain|vPopular works.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh2007102129 
650  0 Human behavior|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
       sh85062839|xPhysiological aspects.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh00005709 
650  0 Neuropsychiatry|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
       sh85091161|vPopular works.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities
       /subjects/sh99001720 
650  0 Neuropsychology|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
       sh85091163|vPopular works.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities
       /subjects/sh99001720 
650  7 Brain.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/837570 
650  7 Human behavior.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/962811
650  7 Neuropsychiatry.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       1036481 
650  7 Neuropsychology.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       1036493 
655  7 Popular works.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423846
856 41 |3Table of contents only|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/
       ecip075/2006038336.html 
856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://www.loc.gov
       /catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2006038336-b.html 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
       enhancements/fy0802/2006038336-d.html 
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