{"product_id":"action-mind-and-brain-isbn-9780262543392","title":"Action, Mind, and Brain","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn engaging and accessible introduction to the psychology and neuroscience of physical action.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis engaging and accessible book offers the first introductory text on the psychology and neuroscience of physical action. Written by a leading researcher in the field, it covers the interplay of action, mind, and brain, showing that many core concepts in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and technology grew out of questions about the control of everyday physical actions. It explains action not as a “one-way street from stimuli to response” but as a continual perception-action cycle. The informal writing style invites students to think through the evidence step by step, helping them develop general thinking stills as well as learn specific facts. Special emphasis is placed on the role of underrepresented groups.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe book discusses the intellectual background of the field, from Plato to Kant, Dewey, and others; applications and methods; and the physical substrates of action—bones, tendons, ligaments, muscles, and nerves. It considers the control of actions in space; learning, and the roles of nature and nurture; feedback; feedforward, or anticipated feedback; and degrees of freedom—the multiple ways of getting things done and three methods for narrowing the alternatives. The book is generously illustrated, including many images of thinkers who contributed to the field. Preface vii\u003cbr\u003e1 Intellectual Background 1\u003cbr\u003e2 Applications and Methods 17\u003cbr\u003e3 Bones, Muscles, Nerves 45\u003cbr\u003e4 Moving in Space and Time 77\u003cbr\u003e5 Learning 107\u003cbr\u003e6 Feedback 129\u003cbr\u003e7 Feedforward 157\u003cbr\u003e8 The Degrees-of-Freedom Problem 181\u003cbr\u003e9 Onward 213\u003cbr\u003eNotes 237\u003cbr\u003eReferences 253\u003cbr\u003eIndex 275“\u003ci\u003eAction, Mind, and Brain\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant invitation to students of psychology, neuroscience, and kinesiology to explore the brain in action. This is a book I’ve long desired.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRomeo Chua, Professor, School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“David Rosenbaum’s richly illustrated book is an exceptionally engaging, educational, and encompassing primer to brain, cognition, and behavior. It uniquely introduces students to the history, philosophy, methods, and measures of the science of human action.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eEdward Wasserman, Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Iowa; author of \u003ci\u003eAs If by Design\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAction, Mind, and Brain\u003c\/i\u003e will change how you think about thinking. David Rosenbaum clearly shows how important action is to how we think, learn, and perform. This book is a must-read for any student interested in how we, as humans, operate and what we can do to enhance our performance.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSian Leah Beilock, cognitive scientist; President of Barnard College, Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003eDavid A. Rosenbaum is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHuman Motor Control, It’s a Jungle in There: How Competition and Cooperation in the Brain Shape the Mind, Knowing Hands: The Cognitive Psychology of Manual Control\u003c\/i\u003e, and other books.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300378071269,"sku":"NP9780262543392","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262543392.jpg?v=1767721035","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/action-mind-and-brain-isbn-9780262543392","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}