I of the vortex : from neurons to self /
Rodolfo R. Llinás
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001
- x, 302 p. ; 24 cm.
- Bradford book. .
1. Setting mind to mind -- 2. Prediction is the ultimate function of the brain -- 3. The embedding of universals through the embedding of motricity -- 4. Nerve cells and their personalities -- 5. Lessons from the evolution of the eye -- 6. The I of the vortex -- 7. Fixed action patterns : automatic brain modules that make complex movements -- 8. Emotions as FAPs -- 9. Of learning and memory -- 10. Qualia from a neuronal point of view -- 11. Language as the child of abstract thought -- 12. The collective mind?