Consciousness

States, Mechanisms & Disorders

Andrea Eugenio Cavanna (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

295 Seiten

2012
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62081-311-9 (ISBN)

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The so-called "hard problem" of consciousness, i.e. the problem of explaining how and why we have conscious experiences, has received different formulations across time. Back in 1868, Thomas Henry Huxley suggested that the mystery of consciousness resides somewhere -- or somehow -- in the activity of the brain. Since then, both clinical and basic neurosciences have taken the problem of consciousness seriously, joining the allied disciplines of philosophy and psychology in the seemingly insurmountable quest for consciousness. This book presents some of the latest research in the multidisciplinary field of consciousness studies, dealing with both theoretical and experimental aspects encompassing a wide range of normal and pathological states of consciousness.

Preface; The modularity of consciousness: a neurobehavioral perspective; Consciousness extended: bridging informational broadcast & perceptual awareness within a comprehensive conceptualization of consciousness; Brain endogenous feedback & degrees of consciousness; States of consciousness or states of phenomenology?; How do we measure the invisible? Creation & validation of the Troyer Level of Consciousness Inventory; Autonoetic consciousness & the self; Sense of self & consciousness: nature, origins, mechanisms, & implications; The rubber hand illusion: manipulating our sense of body experience; A commentary on how subcortical structures influence consciousness; Considerations in disorders of consciousness & interventions that can restore brain function.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	260 x 180 mm
Gewicht	656 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
ISBN-10	1-62081-311-4 / 1620813114
ISBN-13	978-1-62081-311-9 / 9781620813119
Zustand	Neuware