NARRATIVES
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2238 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented, General information, Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
An hypothised capacity of the brain to construct more or less coherent histories about our successive experiences with the outside world (J. GRAY, 2002, p. 48)
This would be a typical autopoietic process and a general aid for understanding and subsequently coherent action .
This narratives upbuilding would seem to start very early in the brain of the baby and be a condition for further mental and psychic development .
It is very probably connected with the concept of “internal language ”as developed by some psychologists.
And of course, no narratives could be expressed without a language. This introduces cultural constraints into the ways the narratives are constructed and evolve from childhood to maturity, as a holistic integrating process (L. VYGOTSKY; J. PIAGET)
According to M. GAZZANIGA it is the left hemisphere of the brain that “makes sense” for us. It must thus be the origin of the narratives (J. GRAY, p. 49)