Free Kindle Textbook: The Cerebellum: Brain for an Implicit Self (FT Press Science)
post by buybuydandavis · 2012-06-07T02:43:19.652Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 19 comments**** 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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comment by wedrifid · 2012-06-11T07:34:58.091Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
For those who don't feel like dealing with DRM, an alternate source.
comment by Nic_Smith · 2012-06-08T07:18:34.367Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
B&N Nook version is also currently free.
Replies from: Jayson_Virissimo↑ comment by Jayson_Virissimo · 2012-06-10T04:03:50.570Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Thanks, downloaded.
comment by Richard_Kennaway · 2012-06-07T08:32:16.196Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
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.
Replies from: Jayson_Virissimo↑ comment by Jayson_Virissimo · 2012-06-07T09:34:15.488Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
What country are you (or your proxy) in? For me, the link goes to a page showing a price of $0.00.
Replies from: Richard_Kennaway↑ comment by Richard_Kennaway · 2012-06-07T10:38:42.341Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
The UK. Free vs. £32.99 is taking differential pricing to an extreme. Have you succeeded in buying it for $0?
Replies from: bbleeker↑ comment by Sabiola (bbleeker) · 2012-06-07T10:57:02.918Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I 'bought' it for $0.00 from amazon.com. I'm in the Netherlands.
Replies from: Richard_Kennaway↑ comment by Richard_Kennaway · 2012-06-07T11:28:15.957Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Amazon.com is now showing me a price: $50.68. I suspect $0 was a glitch.
Replies from: bbleeker↑ comment by Sabiola (bbleeker) · 2012-06-07T11:33:58.437Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
That price is for the hardcover. The ebook is still $0.00. :-)
Replies from: Richard_Kennaway↑ comment by Richard_Kennaway · 2012-06-07T11:39:05.392Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
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.
Replies from: bbleeker, Filipe↑ comment by Sabiola (bbleeker) · 2012-06-13T10:35:07.155Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
You're right, it probably was a glitch. I looked again today and now it's $52.89 for the Kindle edition. :(
comment by torekp · 2012-06-10T00:36:55.213Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Interesting that the title seems to contradict a prediction of Giulio Tonini's theory. The following is from Biol. Bull. 215 (2008):
Replies from: Alex_Altair[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 by Alex_Altair · 2012-06-10T00:41:49.192Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
People without cerebellums live fine, except for some motor control issues. It definitely can't be essential for consciousness.
Replies from: None↑ comment by [deleted] · 2012-06-11T17:25:44.299Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
"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.
Replies from: Alex_Altair↑ comment by Alex_Altair · 2012-06-11T18:56:27.886Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
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.
Replies from: Richard_Kennaway↑ comment by Richard_Kennaway · 2012-06-11T20:13:10.062Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
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 by buybuydandavis · 2012-06-07T17:50:12.818Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Kindle version still free for me at the US site.