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100 1  Edelman, Shimon. 
245 14 The happiness of pursuit :|bwhat neuroscience can teach us
       about the good life /|cShimon Edelman. 
264  1 New York :|bBasic Books,|c2012. 
300    x, 237 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-230) and 
       index. 
505 0  Home is where the mind is -- Computing the mind -- The 
       republic of soul -- Learning to think for yourself -- You 
       can talk to me -- Nobody, at home -- An irresistible call 
       to depart -- Index. 
520    "When fishing for happiness, catch and release. Remember 
       these seven words?they are the keys to being happy. So 
       says Shimon Edelman, an expert on psychology and the mind.
       In The Happiness of Pursuit, Edelman offers a fundamental 
       understanding of pleasure and joy via the brain. Using the
       concept of the mind as a computing device, he unpacks how 
       the human brain is highly active, involved in patterned 
       networks, and constantly learning from experience. As our 
       brains predict the future through pursuit of experience, 
       we are rewarded both in real time and in the long run. 
       Essentially, as Edelman discovers, it?s the journey, 
       rather than the destination, that matters. The idea that 
       cognition is computation?the brain is a machine?is nothing
       new of course. But, as Edelman argues, the mind is 
       actually a bundle of ongoing computations, essentially, 
       the brain being one of many possible substrates that can 
       support them. Edelman makes the case for these claims by 
       constructing a conceptual toolbox that offers readers a 
       glimpse of the computations underlying the mind?s 
       faculties: perception, motivation and emotions, action, 
       memory, thinking, social cognition, learning and language.
       It is this collection of tools that enables us to discover
       how and why happiness happens. An informative, accessible,
       and witty tour of the mind, The Happiness of Pursuit 
       offers insights to a thorough understanding of what minds 
       are, how they relate to each other and to the world, and 
       how we can make the best of it all."--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Thought and thinking. 
650  0 Cognition. 
650  0 Self. 
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