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I Neuroni Specchio: Come Capiamo Ciò Che Fanno Gli Altri (2008)

by Marco Iacoboni(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

883391870X (ISBN13: 9788833918709)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Bollati Boringhieri

review 1: Well, I can't rate this book yet because I just ordered it. The main reason for doing that is that the idea of "mirror neurons" started to fascinate me since I first read about the possibility that they could be the "organic basis" for the meme hypotesis as a replicator for culture proposed firstly by Richard Dawkins and developed later by Susan Blackmore.By now only a theory not accepted for many people, the meme theory stays on "stand by" waiting for some experimental proof, but 'til now the mirror neurons proved to be the best suited candidate for that.Anyway, existing or not the memes, the mirror neurons are a experimental evidence, and there are many theories that want to explain most of the psychology, from the development of the infant brain (the so-called 'feral ch... moreildren') until the basis for the creation of understanding the mecanism of identification with the characters of a story (when we read a book, we're exercising our mirror neurons in the way they are reproducing the author's ideas in our own mind).The mirror neurons could also be the basis for the creation of self-awareness fenomena, as proposed by the neurologist Ramachadran, which had himself written his own book about those matters.Anyway, I started to feel fascinated by this great idea and couldn't wait anymore to buy a good popular science book about this subject. Since this book's author himself is the author of the discover of the mirror neurons, it had to be this book.I expect when I finish this book I could have a bigger understanding of those matters. See my next review !--Now I can say I truely belief that mirror neurons could be held responsable for many things ! Not only the empathy, but the friendliness and all those things that you think are not so good like the crime or violence. A word about the author: Iacoboni is not so good as Antonio Damasio in the matters of writing, but is more clear and easy to read, than Damasio. I think I'm gonna try another Brain science authors, next can be Ramachandran !
review 2: There is some very interesting stuff in this here book. I'm 100% interested in mirror neurons and this book has them aplenty. Marco Iacoboni can be an engaging storyteller and he's clearly got some good science at his back. What he hasn't yet worked out completely is how to make good science storytelling - there's so much information in this book, it's a wee bit overwhelming sometimes. This is pretty new science, though, relatively speaking and the implications of it are just starting to roll down the line. The ideas, were they to take hold, might really have a fascinating effect on our society. Understanding that we learn by mirroring what others do inside our own brains could shake up education, politics, advertising, arts, etc. It gives me hope for the empathetic arts, actually. When we watch other people, we try them on in ourselves. Just on the basic level, every time we watch someone pick up a cup, our brains fire as if we were picking up the cup. Amazing to consider. less

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