The Oxford Companion to the Mind

Second Edition

Edited by Richard L. Gregory

• 'This wonderful companion has lived in my study and been a pleasure for browsing. Richard Gregory is surely the ideal guide for a grand tour of the mind- engaging and personable, his stamp is impressed throughout, with wit, humour, knowledge, insights and eccentricities, as well as fine obituaries. Without doubt this would make a perfect present for any psychologist or would-be psychologist student.' - The Psychologist
• 'Review from previous edition any reader with a serious interest in mental phenomena will find this a feast of a book' - Times Higher Education Supplement
• 'a masterful compilation in one volume of virtually every important aspect of mind, brain and consciousness' - Washington Post
• 'This new edition deserves a place on the shelf of any psychology buff' - FT Magazine
• 'the book is wholly admirable and will give pleasure, enlightenment and stimulation in all the years to come' - Guardian
• 'The second edition of Richard Gregory's lovely book does justice to the greatness of its subject and to its renowned predecessor.' - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
• 'The book's compact and sober exterior belies a breadth and exuberance as astonishing as the paradoxes it celebrates.' - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
• '...universally readable, frequently entertaining, and sometimes historic pieces ranging in scope from definitions and brief vignettes to substantial essays.' - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

• The long-awaited second edition to the highly acclaimed and immensely successful Oxford Companion to the Mind
• 900 articles on every aspect of the brain and consciousness and over 300 contributors from the world's leading scholars
• Cultural as well as scientific in its approach, it combines authoritative description and analysis with lightness, wit, and a personal touch
• New entries include artificial life, attachment theory, caffeine, conjuring, cruelty, drama, extra-terrestrial intelligence, face-to-face communication, genetics of mental illness, imagination, lying, puzzles, twins
• Features three new mini symposia - on consciousness, brain imaging, and artificial intelligence - with contributions from a range of specialists, representing the variety of approaches to these major subjects in a balanced but lively and personal way
• Includes Roger Penrose and Steven Rose on consciousness; Beryl Bainbridge on construction of fiction; Raj Persaud on depression; Richard Gregory on facial expression, illusions of vision and consciousness, Ted Honderich on free will; Noam Chomsky on language

• Three new mini symposia - on consciousness, brain imaging, and artificial intelligence - with contributions from a range of specialists, representing the variety of approaches to these major subjects in a balanced but lively and personal way
• New entries include artificial life, attachment theory, caffeine, conjuring, cruelty, drama, extra-terrestrial intelligence, face-to-face communication, genetics of mental illness, imagination, lying, puzzles, twins
• New contributors include: Beryl Bainbridge, Simon Baron-Cohen, Simon Blackburn, Dylan Evans, Ted Honderich, Patrick Moore, Roger Penrose, Raj Persaud
• Glossary

Edited by Richard L. Gregory, Professor of Neuropsychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol (Emeritus)