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Curious Minds

Curious Minds

Curious Minds

The Power of Connection

by Perry Zurn and Dani S. Bassett

ISBN: 9780262547147

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 5, 2023

An exhilarating, genre-bending exploration of curiosity's powerful capacity to connect ideas and people.
Open Minded

Open Minded

Open Minded

Searching for Truth about the Unconscious Mind

by Ben R. Newell and David R. Shanks

ISBN: 9780262546195

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 8, 2023

Forthcoming from the MIT Press
Mind in Nature

Mind in Nature

Mind in Nature

John Dewey, Cognitive Science, and a Naturalistic Philosophy for Living

by Mark L. Johnson and Jay Schulkin

ISBN: 9780262545167

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 28, 2023

A dialogue between contemporary neuroscience and John Dewey's seminal philosophical work Experience and Nature, exploring how the bodily roots of human meaning, selfhood, and values provide wisdom for living.
Sentience

Sentience

Sentience

The Invention of Consciousness

by Nicholas Humphrey

ISBN: 9780262047944

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 14, 2023

The story of a quest to uncover the evolutionary history of consciousness from a leading theoretical psychologist.
Efficient Cognition

Efficient Cognition

Efficient Cognition

The Evolution of Representational Decision Making

by Armin W. Schulz

ISBN: 9780262546737

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 1, 2022

An argument that representational decision making is more cognitively efficient, allowing an organism to adjust more easily to changes in the environment.
Sensory Integration and the Unity of Consciousness

Sensory Integration and the Unity of Consciousness

Sensory Integration and the Unity of Consciousness

Edited by David Bennett and Christopher Hill

ISBN: 9780262545730

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: June 7, 2022

Philosophers and cognitive scientists address the relationships among the senses and the connections between conscious experiences that form unified wholes.
Movement Matters

Movement Matters

Movement Matters

How Embodied Cognition Informs Teaching and Learning

Edited by Sheila L. Macrine and Jennifer M.B. Fugate

ISBN: 9780262543484

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 19, 2022

Experts translate the latest findings on embodied cognition from neuroscience, psychology, and cognitive science to inform teaching and learning pedagogy.
Active Inference

Active Inference

Active Inference

The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior

by Thomas Parr, Giovanni Pezzulo and Karl J. Friston

ISBN: 9780262045353

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 29, 2022

The first comprehensive treatment of active inference, an integrative perspective on brain, cognition, and behavior used across multiple disciplines.
Bots and Beasts

Bots and Beasts

Bots and Beasts

What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart?

by Paul Thagard

ISBN: 9780262045940

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 19, 2021

An expert on mind considers how animals and smart machines measure up to human intelligence.
Out of the Cave

Out of the Cave

Out of the Cave

A Natural Philosophy of Mind and Knowing

by Mark L. Johnson and Don M. Tucker

ISBN: 9780262046213

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 17, 2021

From a philosopher and a neuropsychologist, a radical rethinking of certain traditional views about human cognition and behavior.
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