Encyclopedia of Consciousness
1st Edition
Published on 26. March 2009
1034 pages
978-0-08-092042-9 (ISBN)
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Consciousness has long been a subject of interest in philosophy and religion but only relatively recently has it become subject to scientific investigation. Now, more than ever before, we are beginning to understand this mental state. Developmental psychologists understand when we first develop a sense of self; neuropsychologists see which parts of the brain activate when we think about ourselves and which parts of the brain control that awareness. Cognitive scientists have mapped the circuitry that allows machines to have some form of self awareness, and neuroscientists investigate similar circuitry in the human brain.
Research that once was separate inquiries in discreet disciplines is converging. List serves and small conferences focused on consciousness are proliferating. New journals have emerged in this field. A huge number of monographs and edited treatises have recently been published on consciousness, but there is no recognized entry point to the field, no comprehensive summary. This encyclopedia is that reference.
Organized alphabetically by topic, coverage encompasses a summary of major research and scientific thought regarding the nature of consciousness, the neural circuitry involved, how the brain, body, and world interact, and our understanding of subjective states. The work includes contributions covering neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and artificial intelligence to provide a comprehensive backdrop to recent and ongoing investigations into the nature of conscious experience from a philosophical, psychological, and biological perspective.
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Aesthetics and the Experience of BeautyAltered and Higher States of ConsciousnessAnimal ConsciousnessArtificial Intelligence and ConsciousnessAttention, Awareness, and NeglectAttention: Change Blindness, Inattentional BlindnessAttention: Selective Attention and ConsciousnessAutobiographical Memory and ConsciousnessAutomaticity and ConsciousnessBehaviorism in Science and PhilosophyBistable Perception and ConsciousnessBlindsightBrain Basis of Voluntary ControlBrain: Integration, Specialization, and AwarenessBrain: Prefrontal Cortex and AwarenessBrain: Subcortical Pathways and ConsciousnessComa, Persistent Vegetative States, Diminished ConsciousnessConcepts and Definitions of ConsciousnessConsciousness and Experienced EffortConsciousness and Visual IllusionsConsciousness of Space and Motor ControlCultural Milieu, History, and Intuitive (Folk) Theories of ConsciousnessDevelopment: Consciousness From Birth to AdulthoodDevelopment: The Role of Social Relations, Cultural Assumptions, Theory of MindEmotion and ConsciousnessEthical Implications: Pain, Coma, and Treatment of Other SpeciesEvolution of Consciousness (How Consciousness Evolved as a Tool of Survival)Expectancy, Placebos and Self-DeceptionExperimental Frameworks for Studying the Neural Basis of ConsciousnessFree WillFringe and Partial ConsciousnessFunction(s) of ConsciousnessGeneral AnesthesiaHabit, Action, and ConsciousnessHistory of Philosophical Theories of ConsciousnessHistory of the Scientific Study of ConsciousnessHypnosis and SuggestibilityImplicit Processes in Social PsychologyInner Speech and ConsciousnessIntentionality and ConsciousnessIntuition, Creativity, and Unconscious Problem SolvingLanguage and ConsciousnessMemory: Amnesia and AwarenessMemory: Control of MemoryMemory: Errors, Constructive Processes, and Conscious RetrievalMemory: Implicit Learning and Implicit MemoryMemory: Perceptual and Immediate MemoryMemory: Procedural Memory, Skill, Perceptual-Motor Learning and AwarenessMental Representation and ConsciousnessMeta-awarenessMind Wandering and Other Lapses of AttentionMind-Body ProblemNeural Basis of Perceptual Awareness in HumansNeurobiological Theories of ConsciousnessNeurochemical Basis of ConsciousnessPerception, Action and ConsciousnessPerception: Implicit, Subliminal Perception: the Coherence of Perception; Binding and Other ProcessesPerception: Unconscious Influences on Perceptual InterpretationVisual Experience and Immediate MemoryPhenomenology of ConsciousnessPhylogeny and Evolution of Brain Structures and ConsciousnessPsychoactive Drugs and Conscious AlterationPsychodynamic Theories of Unconscious ActivityPsychopathology and ConsciousnessReligious Experience: Psychology and NeurologySelf: Body Awareness and ConsciousnessSelf: Personal IdentitySelf: the Unity of Self, Self-ConsistencySelf-Awareness and IntrospectionSleep: Dreaming and ConsciousnessSleep: Dreaming Data and TheoriesSocial Foundations of ConsciousnessSocial Neuroscience of GroupsSubjectivity; First- and Third-Person AnalysisTheories of Consciousness: CognitiveTheory of Mind (Neural Basis)Time and ConsciousnessUnconscious CognitionUnconscious EmotionUnconscious Goals and MotivationVisual Imagery and ConsciousnessVolition and Voluntary ControlWilliam James and Consciousness*Contents are tentative and subject to change prior to publication
