How Our Brains Become Who We AreResearch on the brain, one of the few genuine frontiers remaining in science, continues to fascinate us, as it offers a glimpse into the deepest foundations of humanity. But in spite of great progress in understanding specific mental functions, like perception, memory, and emotion, little has been learned about how the self - the essence of who a person is, both in his or her own mind and in the eyes of others - relates to the brain.
"A clear, up-to-date, and impressively fair-minded account of what neuroscience has established about human nature."
- Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind and Intelligent Reframed
"In this pathbreaking synthesis, Joseph LeDoux draws on dazzling insights from the cutting edge of neuroscience to generate a new conception of an enduring mystery: the nature of the self. Enlightening and engrossing, LeDoux's bold formulation will change the way you think about who you are"
- Daniel L. Schacter, Chairman of Psychology at Harvard University
"Synaptic Self is a wonderful tour of the brain circuitry behind some of the critical aspects of the mind. LeDoux is an expert tour guide and it is well worth listening. His perspective takes you deep into the cellular basis of what it is to be a thinking being".
- Antonio R. Damasio, Neuroscientist, author of The Feeling of What happens
