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| Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are |
freethinker |
02/20/05 |
Joseph LeDoux's presented in 1998 a revelatory examination of the biological bases of our emotions and memories.
Now, he has produced another book that tells a more profound story: how the little spaces between the neurons--the brain's synapses--are the channels through which we think, act, imagine, feel, and remember.
Synapses encode the essence of personality, enabling each of us to function as a distinctive, integrated individual from moment to moment.
To Joseph LeDoux, the simple question, "What makes us who we are?" represents the driving force behind his 20-plus years of research into the cognitive, emotional, and motivational functions of the brain.
LeDoux believes the answer rests in the synapses, key players in the brain's intricately designed communication system.
In other words, the pathways by which a person's "hardwired" responses (nature) mesh with his or her unique life experiences (nurture) determine that person's individuality.
Has anyone seen already other articles that run in thinking in one or more ways in parallel with LeDoux in this matter?
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