Brain Culture: Shaping Policy Through Neuroscience

ISBN-13: 9781447314042 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 214 str.

Jessica Pykett

Opis

This unique book offers a timely analysis of the effects of our rapidly growing knowledge about the brain, mind, and behavior on public policy and practice. Jessica Pykett examines the interactions of developments in neuroscience, education, architecture and design, and workplace training, showing how the global spread of neuroscientific understandings of brain functioning has led to changes in and questions about how we approach issues of policy, governance, and the encouragement and enforcement of particular behaviors. Researchers and practitioners in both the social and behavioral sciences, as well as policy makers, will find its insights surprising and valuable."

Spis treści

Introduction: governing through brain culture; Brain culture in context; Designing cerebral cities; Teaching the learning brain; Managing workplace emotions; Conclusion. What is at stake in the brain world?.