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Back in January 2024, I posted here about one of the central concepts in the book that I was writing about the human brain<\/a><\/span>, entitled Notre cerveau \u00e0 tous les niveaux : Du Big Bang \u00e0 la conscience sociale<\/em>. On October 3, 2024, that book \u00a0had its Quebec launch<\/a><\/span>. And because my wonderful publisher, \u00c9cosoci\u00e9t\u00e9<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, also distributes in Europe, as of October 25 you can buy this book in France, Belgium and Switzerland as well, either from bricks-and-mortar French-language bookstores or at the \u00a0online bookstore Place des libraires<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Many of you have been visiting my website, The Brain From Top to Bottom<\/a><\/span>, for over 20 years and reading my posts on the accompanying blog<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for the past 14. This new book represents the culmination of all my work over the past two decades, and I am truly thrilled to know that it is now available to readers in Quebec and Europe.<\/p>\n Here are two excerpts from the European press release for this book.<\/p>\n The author makes a daring bet: that by helping us to understand our own brains, this book can empower us to achieve positive social change.<\/em><\/p>\n Just as Galileo demonstrated the workings of the solar system through a dialogue among three characters, author Bruno Dubuc demonstrates the workings of the human brain through 12 dialogues between two characters: an author who writes about science for the general public (i.e., himself) and an activist filmmaker, Yvon D. Ranger.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The titles of these 12 dialogues, their prologue and their epilogue are translated into English below and provide a good overview of the subjects that the book covers. But to get a better idea of the book\u2019s ingenious circular structure and the contents of each dialogue, visit this website<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, where you will find a summary diagram and detailed table of contents<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Prologue:<\/strong>\u00a0Why This Book Can Make a Difference Back in January 2024, I posted here about one of the central concepts in the book that I was writing about the human brain, entitled Notre cerveau \u00e0 tous les niveaux : Du Big Bang \u00e0 la conscience sociale. On October 3, 2024, that book \u00a0had its Quebec launch. And because my wonderful publisher, \u00c9cosoci\u00e9t\u00e9, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[271,447],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-thebrain.org\/advanced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-thebrain.org\/advanced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-thebrain.org\/advanced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-thebrain.org\/advanced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-thebrain.org\/advanced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-thebrain.org\/advanced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1146,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-thebrain.org\/advanced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-thebrain.org\/advanced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-thebrain.org\/advanced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog-thebrain.org\/advanced\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1.<\/strong>\u00a0How cognitive science can help you to know yourself, just like Socrates said to
\n2.<\/strong>\u00a0From stardust to human life: how evolution has made us what we are today
\n3.<\/strong>\u00a0Humans discover the basic grammar of their nervous systems
\n4.<\/strong>\u00a0Neuronal plasticity: the foundation of learning and memory
\n5.<\/strong>\u00a0Brain structures connected into multi-billion-neuron networks
\n6.<\/strong>\u00a0Our dynamic brain rhythms when we\u2019re asleep, awake and dreaming
\n7.<\/strong>\u00a0The brain and the body are one: the origin of emotions
\n8.<\/strong>\u00a0Predicting and simulating the world to choose a course of action
\n9.<\/strong>\u00a0Language: the emergence of shared symbolic worlds and the catalyst for thinking
\n10.<\/strong>\u00a0Rationalization, unconscious motivations and the predictive brain
\n11.<\/strong>\u00a0Where is your mind? (Human consciousness and existential questions)
\n12.<\/strong>\u00a0Cultures and social institutions: old dystopias and an achievable utopia
\nEpilogue:<\/strong>\u00a0Closing the Loop: Our Multiple Selves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"