The Invisible Hand by Matthew Longo - ISBN: 9780262551878
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Unseen nervous system powers hands: evolution’s extraordinary tool for humanity.

The Invisible Hand

Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Human Hand Function

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  • Paperback

    520 pages

  • Release Date

    13 May 2025

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Summary

How the “invisible hand” of the nervous system makes the human hand such an evolutionary success.

The hand has a central role in both human evolution and cultural development—in our descent and in our ascent. It is, Immanuel Kant said, “the visible part of the brain.” It is the invisible that concerns Matthew Longo in The Invisible Hand, a wide-ranging, deftly written account of the neural and cognitive mechanisms that have made a seemingly ordinary physical appendage an extr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262551878
ISBN-10:026255187X
Author:Matthew Longo
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:520
Release Date:13 May 2025
Weight:369g
Dimensions:229mm x 178mm
About The Author

Matthew Longo

Matthew R. Longo is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Birkbeck, University of London, where he directs the Body Representation Laboratory.

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