Mind Within the Brain

In <em>The Mind within the Brain</em> David Redish brings together cutting edge research in psychology robotics economics neuroscience and the new fields of neuroeconomics and computational psychiatry to offer a unified theory of human decision-making. Most importantly Redish shows how vulnerabilities or failure-modes in the decision-making system can lead to serious dysfunctions such as irrational behavior addictions problem gambling and PTSD. <p/>Told with verve and humor in an easily readable style Redish makes these difficult concepts understandable. Ranging widely from the surprising roles of emotion habit and narrative in decision-making to the larger philosophical questions of how mind and brain are related what makes us human the nature of morality free will and the conundrum of robotics and consciousness <em>The Mind within the Brain</em> offers fresh insight into one of the most complex aspects of human behavior.<br>