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The Synaptic Self Book
Sometime before he wrote The Synaptic Self, Joseph LeDoux walking down Bourbon Street spotted a T-shirt that read, "I don't know, so maybe I'm not". This stimulus zoomed from eyes to brain, neuron by neuron, via tiny junctions called synapses. The results? An immediate chuckle and (sometime later) a groundbreaking book. To LeDoux, the simple question, "What makes us who we are?" represents the driving force behind his 20-plus years of research into the cognitive, emotional and motivational functions of the brain. LeDoux believes the answer rests in the synapses, key players in the brain's intricately designed communication system. In other words, the pathways by which a person's "hardwired" responses (nature) mesh with his or her unique life experiences (nurture) determine that person's … read more...
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