Free Kindle Textbook: The Cerebellum: Brain for an Implicit Self (FT Press Science)

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/YSQoKJyuhp5NXQKpT/free-kindle-textbook-the-cerebellum-brain-for-an-implicit

**** DEAL OVER: As of 20120611.

Another free kindle I thought some might have interest in. I haven’t read it, but the first review was glowing and looked relevant.

First Amazon Review:

Five Star Final; Excellent; A "must read" for any "student" of brain-behavior relationships

http://​​www.amazon.com/​​gp/​​product/​​B005DKQQG4/​​

UPDATE: Still free at the US amazon at 2pm eastern time. Reports that it is not free at the UK site, which I verified. Since I can log in to the UK site from the US and see the price, I assume people in the UK could sign into the US site and buy it. If anyone gives that a try, let me know and I’ll further update the top level.

UPDATE: Free at amazon.fr. Can buy at the US site from the Netherlands. Can’t buy from FR or US sites from UK.

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For those who don’t feel like dealing with DRM, an alternate source.

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B&N Nook version is also currently free.

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Thanks, downloaded.

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Why do you call it "free"? I see no pricing information when I look on amazon.com, and on amazon.co.uk it is priced at £32.99.

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    2012-06-07T09:34
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What country are you (or your proxy) in? For me, the link goes to a page showing a price of $0.00.

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    2012-06-07T10:38

The UK. Free vs. £32.99 is taking differential pricing to an extreme. Have you succeeded in buying it for $0?

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    2012-06-07T10:57

I ‘bought’ it for $0.00 from amazon.com. I’m in the Netherlands.

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    2012-06-07T11:28

Amazon.com is now showing me a price: $50.68. I suspect $0 was a glitch.

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    2012-06-07T11:33

That price is for the hardcover. The ebook is still $0.00. :-)

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    2012-06-07T11:39

The hardcover price I see on amazon.com is $56.16, Kindle for $50.68. Amazon.fr still has it free, but won’t let me buy it from the UK. Amazon.de has it for €50.94. I’m betting this really is a glitch currently in the process of being fixed.

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    2012-06-13T10:35

You’re right, it probably was a glitch. I looked again today and now it’s $52.89 for the Kindle edition. :(

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    2012-06-08T22:56

Free in Brazil, as well.

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Thanks!

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Interesting that the title seems to contradict a prediction of Giulio Tonini’s theory. The following is from Biol. Bull. 215 (2008):

[Integrated information] is low for systems that are made up of small, quasi-independent modules … This may be why the cerebellum, despite its large number of neurons, does not contribute much to consciousness: its synaptic organization is such that individual patches of cerebellar cortex tend to be activated independently of one another, with little interaction between distant patches.

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    2012-06-10T00:41
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People without cerebellums live fine, except for some motor control issues. It definitely can’t be essential for consciousness.

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    2012-06-11T17:25

"Fine" might be a stretch, there are indices that indicate that cerebellum have cognitive functions as well. If you have any particularly source that says otherwise please share.

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    2012-06-11T18:56

My source is my neuroscience professor, who paid quite a lot of attention to research on the cerebellum. But of course, any published science would override his in-class comments.

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    2012-06-11T20:13

In Ito’s book, one of the last chapters is about cognitive functions in the cerebellum. I’ve only glanced over it, but see e.g. section 17-6, which begins "Numerous studies have now shown cognitive activity in the cerebellum." Here is a 2009 review article on language and the cerebellum.

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/YSQoKJyuhp5NXQKpT/free-kindle-textbook-the-cerebellum-brain-for-an-implicit?commentId=EPYf7RywpqYDd4hei

Kindle version still free for me at the US site.