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On The Origin Of The Human Mind by Andrey Vyshedskiy, PhD.
Content

Preface
Chapter I: Uniqueness of the Human Mind

  • Introduction: Humans or animals?

  • Definition of the human mind

  • Mental synthesis definition and examples

  • Language as an indicator of mental synthesis

  • Non-linguistic tests of mental synthesis

  • Relationship between mental synthesis and synthesizing language

  • Summary of Chapter I
    • Chapter II: Evolution of the Human Mind
  • Introduction: A Quick Guide to Paleoanthropology

  • Evolutionary pressure drives the development of the hominid’s visual system

  • Development of the speech apparatus

  • Arrival of modern humans

  • Hominid species and associated tool culture table

  • Summary of Chapter II
    • Chapter III: The Neurological Basis of Conscious Experience
  • Introduction: The Human Brain

  • Definition of mental images on a neuronal level

  • Definition of mental synthesis on a neuronal level

  • The representation of mental images in the brain

  • Neuronal synchronization

  • The role of the Prefrontal cortex in mental synthesis

  • Evolution: from visual analysis to mental synthesis

  • Neuroscience of perception

  • Summary of Chapter III

    • Book Conclusions
    References
    Illustrations credits
    Appendix 1. Glossary
    Appendix 2. Observations from the direct stimulation of the cerebral cortex
    Appendix 3: The author answers some common questions
    Footnotes
    Book supplemental materials page