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Author Kaku, Michio.

Title The future of the mind : the scientific quest to understand, enhance, and empower the mind / Dr. Michio Kaku, professor of Theoretical Physics, City University of New York.

Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource.
Note Electronic book.
Contents Book I: The mind and consciousness -- Unlocking the mind -- Consciousness, a physicist's viewpoint -- Book II: Mind over matter -- Telepathy: a penny for your thoughts -- Telekinesis: mind controlling matter -- Memories and thoughts made to order -- Einstein's brain and enhancing our intelligence -- Book III: Altered consciousness -- In your dreams -- Can the mind be controlled? -- Altered states of consciousness -- The artificial mind and silicon consciousness -- Reverse engineering the brain -- The future: mind beyond matter -- The mind as pure energy -- The alien mind -- Concluding remarks.
Summary -- ?THE FUTURE OF THE MIND ?????????? Dr. Kaku takes us on a grand tour of what the future might hold, giving us not only a solid sense of how the brain functions but also how these technologies will change our daily lives. He even presents a radically new way to think about "consciousness" and applies it to provide?fresh insight into?mental illness, artificial intelligence and alien consciousness.?? With?Dr. Kaku's?deep understanding of modern science and keen eye for future developments, THE FUTURE OF THE MIND is a scientific tour de force--an extraordinary, mind-boggling exploration of the frontiers of neuroscience.
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Neuropsychology.
Mind and body -- Research.
Brain -- Mathematical models.
Cognitive neuroscience.
Brain-computer interfaces.
MEDICAL / Physiology
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology
TECHNOLOGY
Physics
Neuroscience
ISBN 9780385530835 (electronic bk.)
0385530838 (electronic bk.)
Music No. EB00156979 Recorded Books
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