Neural Basis of Consciousness
Published on 30. January 2003
Book
Hardback
227 pages
978-1-58811-339-9 (ISBN)
Description
Recent advances in cognitive neuroscience make possible an understanding of the neural events that are associated with different forms of consciousness. To fully understand and unveil the mystery of consciousness inside the brain we require examination of the concept of neural basis of conscious mind.This book provides a systematic exploration of consciousness and gives an overview of neural and quantum basis of conscious mind through careful explanation of proposed models and extends these theories challenging some generalised views on consciousness.
Each chapter provides a review of the findings and theoretical accounts related to neural basis of consciousness and the mechanisms of the different varieties of consciousness.
Professor Naoyuki Osaka (Kyoto University) has been active in experimental research on consciousness and attention for more than 15 years. (Series B)
Each chapter provides a review of the findings and theoretical accounts related to neural basis of consciousness and the mechanisms of the different varieties of consciousness.
Professor Naoyuki Osaka (Kyoto University) has been active in experimental research on consciousness and attention for more than 15 years. (Series B)
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58811-339-9 (9781588113399)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
1. Preface; 2. 1. Issues in neural basis of consciousness: An introduction (by Osaka, Naoyuki); 3. Part I. Neuronal modeling; 4. 2. Working Memory requires conscious processes, not vice versa: A Global Workspace account (by Baars, Bernard J.); 5. 3. Working memory-based consciousness: An individual difference approach (by Osaka, Naoyuki); 6. 4. Consciousness, intelligence and creativity: A personal credo (by Cotterill, Rodney M.J.); 7. 5. Cerebral physiology of conscious experience: Experimental studies in human subjects (by Libet, Benjamin); 8. Part II. Neuronal psychophysics; 9. 6. Neural mechanisms of perceptual organization (by Logothetis, Nikos K.); 10. 7. Attention versus consciousness: A distinction with a difference (by Hardcastle, Valerie Gray); 11. Part III. Neural philosophy; 12. 8. Recent work on consciousness: Philosophical, theoretical, and empirical (by Churchland, Paul M.); 13. Part IV. Quantum mind; 14. 9. Quantum processes in the brain: A scientific basis of consciousness (by Beck, Friedrich); 15. 10. Quantum consciousness: A cortical neural circuit (by Hameroff, Stuart R.); 16. 11. On quantum theories of the mind (by Scott, Alwyn); 17. Name index; 18. Subject index