Consciousness Lost and Found
A Neuropsychological Exploration
1st Edition
Published on 24. April 1997
302 pages
978-0-19-159193-8 (ISBN)
Description
The phenomenon of `consciousness' is intrinsically related to one's awareness of one's self, of time, and of the physical world. What, then, can be learned about consciousness from people who have suffered brain damage such as amnesia which affects their awareness? This is the question explored by Lawrence Weiskrantz, a distinguished neuropsychologist who has worked with such patients over 30 years. Written in an engaging and accessible style, Consciousness Lost and Found provides a unique perspective on one of the most challenging issues in science today.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The unseen and the unknown
- 2 Deficits, degradation, and dissociations
- 3 The 'What?' of consciousness
- 4 Animal consciousness-the problem of 'Whether?'
- 5 The memory commentary is NOW
- 6 Attributes and possible pathways of residual visual capacity
- 7 The evolutionary 'Why?'
- 8 The question of 'How?'
- 9 And so. . . .
- Postscript
- Appendix: terminology and other boring matters
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