02006cam a2200301 i 4500 156999332 TxGeo 20140307120000.0 111128s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780199897599 trade pbk. 019989759X trade pbk. (OCoLC)752069071 TxGeo rda Hood, Bruce M, (Bruce MacFarlane.) The self illusion : how the social brain creates identity / Bruce Hood. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2012. xvii, 349 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Most of us believe that we possess a self - an internal individual who resides inside our bodies, making decisions, authoring actions and possessing free will. The feeling that a single, unified, enduring self inhabits the body - the 'me' inside me - is compelling and inescapable. This is how we interact as a social animal and judge each other's actions and deeds. But that sovereignty of the self is increasingly under threat from science as our understanding of the brain advances. Rather than a single entity, the self is really a constellation of mechanisms and experiences that create the illusion of the internal you. We only emerge as a product of those around us as part of the different storylines we inhabit from the cot to the grave. It is an ever changing character, created by the brain to provide a coherent interface between the multitude of internal processes and the external world demands that require different selves." Provided by publisher. 20210913. Self. Brain. Cognition. QS5