{"product_id":"the-invisible-hand-isbn-9780262551878","title":"The Invisible Hand","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow the “invisible hand” of the nervous system makes the human hand such an evolutionary success.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hand has a central role in both human evolution and cultural development—in our descent and in our ascent. It is, Immanuel Kant said, “the visible part of the brain.” It is the invisible that concerns Matthew Longo in \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, a wide-ranging, deftly written account of the neural and cognitive mechanisms that have made a seemingly ordinary physical appendage an extraordinary tool in the evolution of humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hand has been the focus of an enormous amount of research from a dizzying range of disciplines, from anatomy, psychology, and neuroscience to evolutionary biology and archaeology. With the concept of the invisible hand, Longo integrates and contextualizes the findings from these disparate fields to show how the neurocognitive mechanisms that comprise the invisible hand are central to understanding a wide array of phenomena, including basic sensory and motor function, space perception, gesture, and even the self. More generally, he contends that the extraordinary abilities of the hand arise precisely from the complementary nature and tight integration of the visible and invisible hands—a proposition that leads deep into topics as diverse as haptics, tool use, handedness, phantom limbs, and evolution. His work elucidates and significantly expands a key chapter of the story of human evolution and culture as manifested in the human hand.Preface: The Visible and Invisible Hands\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eList of Acronyms Used\u003cbr\u003e1 The Visible Hand\u003cbr\u003e2 The Sensing Hand\u003cbr\u003e3 The Moving Hand\u003cbr\u003e4 The Acting Hand\u003cbr\u003e5 The Exploring Hand\u003cbr\u003e6 The Embodied Hand\u003cbr\u003e7 The Hand in Space\u003cbr\u003e8 The Expert Hand\u003cbr\u003e9 The Diseased Hand\u003cbr\u003e10 The Extended Hand\u003cbr\u003e11 The Evolving Hand\u003cbr\u003e12 The Developing Hand\u003cbr\u003e13 The Bilateral Hand\u003cbr\u003e14 The Dominant and Non-Dominant Hands\u003cbr\u003e15 The Communicating Hand\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: The Future of the Invisible Hand\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex“This book will give a depth and breadth of scientific overview that goes well beyond any single disciplinary training and explains the beautiful sensory and motor mechanisms that make our hands capable of such extraordinary things.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Patrick Haggard, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Unique in its approach and depth, \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Hand\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a landmark in the field, establishing a vital framework for future research.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Frederique de Vignemont, Deputy Director, Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I have to hand it to Matthew Longo: he’s given us an amazingly detailed but highly readable compilation of information about the human hand from its basic design to its intimate role in communication . . . Bravo.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Melvyn A. Goodale, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, The University of Western Ontario\u003c\/b\u003eMatthew R. Longo is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Birkbeck, University of London, where he directs the Body Representation Laboratory.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301207298277,"sku":"NP9780262551878","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262551878.jpg?v=1767739973","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-invisible-hand-isbn-9780262551878","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}