Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World

It is our brains that make us human and create human society and culture. This text presents an account of the experimental studies linking mind and brain aimed at the general reader. The author explores how mental activity in the human mind can arise from physical activity in the human brain. Inside your heads there is an amazing labor saving device; better than a washing machine or a vacuum cleaner. Your brain releases you from the everyday chores of recognizing the things in the world around you, allowing you to concentrate on the things that are important to you. However, the lsquo;yoursquo; that is released into the social world is also a construction of your brain. It is your brain that enables you to share your mental life with the people around you. Making Up the Mind is the first accessible account of experimental studies showing how the brain creates our mental world. Using evidence from brain imaging, psychological experiments, and patient studies, Chris Frith, one of the worldrsquo;s leading neuroscientists, explores the relationship between the mind and the brain.