LIBROS DEL AUTOR: michael c corballis

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  • The Psychology of Left and Right
    Ivan L. Beale / Michael C. Corballis
    Originally published in 1976, this title deals with the problem of how we tell left from right. The authors argue that the ability to tell left from right depends ultimately on a bodily asymmetry, such as preference for one or the other hand, or dominance of one side of the brain. ...
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    66,52 €

  • The Recursive Mind
    Michael C. Corballis
    A groundbreaking theory of what makes the human mind uniqueThe Recursive Mind challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us uniquely human. In this compelling book, Michael Corballis argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed our thoughts within other thoughts. 'I think, therefore I am,' is an...
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    31,95 €

  • From Hand to Mouth
    Michael C. Corballis / Michael CCorballis
    A groundbreaking theory of how language arose from primate gesturesIt is often said that speech is what distinguishes us from other animals. But are we all talk? What if language was bequeathed to us not by word of mouth, but as a hand-me-down?The notion that language evolved not from animal cries but from manual and facial gestures-that, for most of human history, actions have...
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    49,94 €

  • The Lopsided Ape
    Michael C. Corballis
    'The Lopsided Ape' takes readers on a fascinating tour of the origins and implications of the specialization of the two halves of the brain in human evolution, offering a provocative new theory on how the left hemisphere of the brain controls language. ...
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    75,58 €