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Humans, unlike all other animals, are endowed with the capacity for hope and despair. This unique ability allows us to generate positive or negative expectations about the future, regardless of present circumstances, and engage in behaviors that shape our future. Although hope has been the engine of civilization, its evanescent nature has made it an elusive target for the behavioral sciences, which have largely ignored the topic. Hope has more often been the province of philosophy, religion, and poetry. For psychiatrist Anthony Reading, hope's power to shape human behavior is worthy of scientific investigation and provides a remarkable opportunity to understand the relationship between mind and brain. Hope and despair dramatically illustrate the capability of the human brain to construct imaginary representations of the universe, allowing us to disengage from the present, recall the past, and forecast the future independent of any current sensory input. Consciousness then enables us to choose among these past, present, and future scenarios and integrate them into coherent plans for action. Reading's wide-ranging work focuses on the way we process sensory information and its implications for our current understanding of memory, learning, and consciousness; how the brain's ability to transcend time affects our language, emotions, evolution, and individual development; and the light that hope and despair shed on important aspects of our function as individuals and as a species. Bridging many disciplines, Hope and Despair is a major contribution to our knowledge of human behavior.

Table of Contents:
Preface Introduction Part I: The Anatomy of Expectation Chapter 1. The Nature of Hope Chapter 2. Predicting the Future Chapter 3. The Internal Representation of the External World Part II: The Machinery of the Mind Chapter 4. The Processing of Information Chapter 5. The Role of Learning and Memory Chapter 6. The Impact of Consciousness Chapter 7. Emotion as Information Part III: A Blueprint for Uniqueness Chapter 8. The Evolution of Human Behavior Chapter 9. The Gift of Language Chapter 10. The Development of Symbolic Thought Chapter 11. The Concept of Time Part IV: The Human Condition Chapter 12. Science and Religion as Ways of Knowing Chapter 13. Shared Expectations Chapter 14. Despair Chapter 15. Human Nature—It's About Time Notes References Index

About the Author :
Anthony Reading, M.B., B.S., M.P.H., Sc.D., is a professor emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of South Florida.

Review :
A lifetime of professional activity in research and practice, sparked by an early, intense interest in what makes people tick, has convinced Anthony Reading that the power of hope can change human behavior. Science & Theology News Wide-ranging book... Readers who are unfamiliar with these subjects... will find the book's ideas and arguments immediately accessible and Dr. Reading's world view comfortably humane. -- Allan Young, PhD Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Manages to say quite a lot about the state of our understanding of how the brain perceives and organizes its response to its environment. -- Timothy B. Sullivan, M.D. Psychiatric Services


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780801879487
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Weight: 544 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0801879485
  • Publisher Date: 24 Nov 2004
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 01
  • Sub Title: How Perceptions of the Future Shape Human Behavior
  • Width: 152 mm


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