Berthoz, A., <br/><br/>
The vicarious brain, creator of worlds / 
Alain Berthoz ; translated by Giselle Weiss. 
 - viii, 215 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/> "First published as La Vicariance: Le cerveau créateur de mondes (c) Odile Jacob, 2013"--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue -- Introduction -- Part I. The vicarious act -- 1. The brain as a problem-solver -- 2. Perceiving and acting -- 3. The personal body, self, and identity -- 4. Vicariance and changing perspective -- Part II. Ontogenesis and plasticity -- 5. The stages of vicariance -- 6. Vicariance and brain plasticity -- Part III. Vicariance and sharing emotions -- 7. Sympathy and empathy -- 8. Vicarious emotion -- Part IV. Education -- 9. Vicarious learning -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/> Groping around a familiar room in the dark, relearning to read after a brain injury, navigating a virtual landscape through an avatar: all are expressions of vicariance--when the brain substitutes one process or function for another. Alain Berthoz shows that this capacity allows humans to think creatively in an increasingly complex world.-- 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the French. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674088955 0674088956 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016022571 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101696912  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Adaptability (Psychology)<br/>Adjustment (Psychology)<br/>Mind and reality.<br/>Brain.<br/>Identity (Psychology)<br/>Avatars (Virtual reality)<br/>77.31 cognition.<br/>Adaptability (Psychology)<br/>Adjustment (Psychology)<br/>Avatars (Virtual reality)<br/>Brain.<br/>Identity (Psychology)<br/>Mind and reality.<br/>Anpassung<br/>Hirnfunktion<br/>Kognitiver Prozess<br/>Kreativität<br/>Neuronale Plastizität<br/>Psychologie<br/>Brain--physiology.<br/>Adaptation, Psychological--physiology.<br/>Social Adjustment.<br/>Social Identification.<br/>User-Computer Interface.<br/>Biological Evolution.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF335  / .B4713 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>153 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2017 A-183 WL 337