Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are

In 1996 Joseph LeDoux's The Emotional Brain presented a revelatory examination of the biological bases of our emotions and memories. Now, the world-renowned expert on the brain has produced with a groundbreaking work that tells a more profound story: how the little spaces between the neurons--the brain's synapses--are the channels through which we think, act, imagine, feel, and remember. Synapses encode the essence of personality, enabling each of us to function as a distinctive, integrated individual from moment to moment. Exploring the functioning of memory, the synaptic basis of mental illness and drug addiction, and the mechanism of self-awareness, Synaptic Self is a provocative and mind-expanding work that is destined to become a classic.

Author: Joseph LeDoux
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 01/28/2003
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.46h x 6.00w x 0.93d
ISBN13: 9780142001783
ISBN10: 0142001783
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Neuropsychology
- Psychology | Personality

About the Author
Joseph LeDoux is Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science at New York University's Center for Neural Sciences. He is the author of The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life and coauthor (with Michael Gazzaniga) of The Integrated Mind.