The Natural History of the Mind

The Natural History of the Mind by Gordon Rattray Taylor. Published by E P Dutton & Co Inc, New York, NY, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good DJ. 370 pgs. ISBN 0525164243. LCCN 79-88891. The most fascinating and complex structure in the universe, the brain and its counterpart, the mind, are shown here to be more than electrical and chemical devices. The author deals with such psychological phenomena as amnesia, depersonalization, mystical states, and multiple personality; with the nature and function of dreaming, memory, pain, intelligence, and emotion; with the astonishing recent developments in how color is perceived; with the vexed question of what consciousness really is an with the continuing debate on the relation between it and the brain. Description text copyright 2010 BooksForComfort. Item ID 22223.