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

4 Post author: buybuydandavis 07 June 2012 02:43AM

**** 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.

 

Comments (19)

Comment author: wedrifid 11 June 2012 07:34:58AM 3 points [-]

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

Comment author: Nic_Smith 08 June 2012 07:18:34AM *  1 point [-]
Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 10 June 2012 04:03:50AM 0 points [-]

Thanks, downloaded.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 07 June 2012 08:32:16AM 1 point [-]

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.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 07 June 2012 09:34:15AM 0 points [-]

What country are you (or your proxy) in? For me, the link goes to a page showing a price of $0.00.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 07 June 2012 10:38:42AM 0 points [-]

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

Comment author: bbleeker 07 June 2012 10:57:02AM 0 points [-]

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

Comment author: RichardKennaway 07 June 2012 11:28:15AM 0 points [-]

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

Comment author: bbleeker 07 June 2012 11:33:58AM 0 points [-]

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

Comment author: RichardKennaway 07 June 2012 11:39:05AM *  0 points [-]

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.

Comment author: bbleeker 13 June 2012 10:35:07AM 0 points [-]

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

Comment author: Filipe 08 June 2012 10:56:40PM 0 points [-]

Free in Brazil, as well.

Comment author: lukeprog 07 June 2012 03:20:50AM 1 point [-]

Thanks!

Comment author: torekp 10 June 2012 12:36:55AM 0 points [-]

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.

Comment author: Alex_Altair 10 June 2012 12:41:49AM 0 points [-]

People without cerebellums live fine, except for some motor control issues. It definitely can't be essential for consciousness.

Comment author: [deleted] 11 June 2012 05:25:44PM *  0 points [-]

"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.

Comment author: Alex_Altair 11 June 2012 06:56:27PM 0 points [-]

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.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 11 June 2012 08:13:10PM 0 points [-]

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.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 07 June 2012 05:50:12PM 0 points [-]

Kindle version still free for me at the US site.