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    Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human
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    Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human
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    Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human

    Written by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

    Narrated by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

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    A scientist's exploration into the mysteries of the human mind

    What is the mind? What is the experience of the self truly made of? How does the mind differ from the brain? Though the mind's contents-its emotions, thoughts, and memories-are often described, the essence of mind is rarely, if ever, defined.

    In this book, noted neuropsychiatrist and New York Times bestselling author Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., uses his characteristic sensitivity and interdisciplinary background to offer a definition of the mind that illuminates the how, what, when, where, and even why of who we are, of what the mind is, and what the mind's self has the potential to become. Mind takes the reader on a deep personal and scientific journey into consciousness, subjective experience, and information processing, uncovering the mind's self-organizational properties that emerge from both the body and the relationships we have with one another, and with the world around us. While making a wide range of sciences accessible and exciting-from neurobiology to quantum physics, anthropology to psychology-this book offers an experience that addresses some of our most pressing personal and global questions about identity, connection, and the cultivation of well-being in our lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 18, 2016
    ISBN9781531824242
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    • 1/5
      New agey twaddle. Whole paragraphs that don't mean anything at all and are just a word salad - or can mean anything you want them to mean. To read about a similar idea of the mind being outside the brain but well reasoned and explained read "Consciousness and the Social Brain" by Michael Graziano.
    • 2/5
      I stopped at page 70. Please, don't waste your time reading this book.A few other GOODREADS reviews sum up this book well:Hunter Johnson did not like it and said, "There is probably a good three-page essay in here about the mind (in the way the book is marketed), but it was inextricable from the surrounding memoir plus self-help pop psychology."Paul did not like it and said, "New agey twaddle. Whole paragraphs that don't mean anything at all and are just a word salad - or can mean anything you want them to mean."

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    • 1/5
      This book makes no sense. It sounds like the author wrote it while high on drugs.