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How do babies think and communicate, and how can we understand them better?
Atrophied and persistent synaesthesias
The mirror between perception and action
The good, the bad and the ugly
The colour of a jersey, strawberry or chocolate
I, me, mine and other permutations by George
Transactions in the playground, or the origin of commerce and theft
Jacques, innatism, genes, biology, culture and an image
2: The fuzzy borders of identity
What defines our choices and allows us to trust other people and our own decisions?
Churchill, Turing and his labyrinth
The body in the casino and at the chessboard
Rational deliberation or hunches?
Confidence: flaws and signatures
Odysseus and the consortium we belong to
The inner battles that make us who we are
The chemistry and culture of confidence
The persistence of social trust
3: The machine that constructs reality
How does consciousness emerge in the brain and how are we governed by our unconscious?
Lavoisier, the heat of consciousness
Pyschology in the prehistory of neuroscience
Free will gets up off the couch
The interpreter of consciousness
‘Performiments’: freedom of expression
In short: the circle of consciousness
4: Voyages of consciousness (or consciousness tripping)
What happens in the brain as we dream; is it possible for us to decipher, control and manipulate our dreams?
Altered states of consciousness
Towards a positive pharmacology
The past and the future of consciousness
The future of consciousness: is there a limit to mind-reading?
5: The brain is constantly transforming
What makes our brain more or less predisposed to change?
Virtue, oblivion, learning, and memory
The universals of human thought
Fighting spirit and talent: Galton’s two errors
A monster with slow processors
The parallel brain and the serial brain
Learning: a bridge between two pathways in the brain
The repertoire of functions: learning is compiling
How can we use what we have learned about the brain and human thought to improve education?
