Presents a theory on the origins of the modern mind. Donald describes the cultural and neuronal forces that power human modes of awareness, and proposes that th... » 

Presents a theory on the origins of the modern mind. Donald describes the cultural and neuronal forces that power human modes of awareness, and proposes that the human mind is a hybrid product of the interweaving of the brain with an invisible symbolic web of culture to form a distributed cognitive network. Using evidence from brain and behavioral studies of humans and animals, he explains how an expansion of consciousness transcends the limitations of the mammalian mind, and elaborates the foundations of self-evaluation and self-reflection. «