Finding consciousness in the brain : a neurocognitive approach / edited by Peter G. Grossenbacher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grossenbacher, Peter G.

Series:

Advances in consciousness research ; v. 8.

Advances in consciousness research, 1381-589X ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive neuroscience.

Physical Description:

xiv, 326 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamin Pub. Co., c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How does the brain go about the business of being conscious? Though we cannot yet provide a complete answer, this book explains what is now known about the neural basis of human consciousness.The last decade has witnessed the dawn of an exciting new era of cognitive neuroscience. For example, combination of new imaging technologies and experimental study of attention has linked brain activity to specific psychological functions. The authors are leaders in psychology and neuroscience who have conducted original research on consciousness. They wish to communicate the highlights of this research to both specialists and interested others, and hope that this volume will be read by students concerned with the neuroscientific underpinnings of subjective experience. As a whole, the book progresses from an overview of conscious awareness, through careful explanation of identified neurocognitive systems, and extends to theories which tackle global aspects of consciousness. (Series B).

Contents:

FINDING CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE BRAIN

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Contents

Apology

Foreword: Cognitive Neuroscience and Consciousness

Acknowledgments

Preface

Contributors

Chapter 1. A Phenomenological Introduction to the Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness

Section I: Edges of Consciousness

Chapter 2. Now You See It, Now You Don't: Preventing consciousness with visual masking

Chapter 3. Consciousness of the Physical and the Mental: Evidence from autism

Section II: Mental Content and Action

Chapter 4. Visual Consciousness

Chapter 5. Intersensory Integration: Underlying neural mechanisms

Chapter 6. Implicit Perception in Action: Short-lived motor representations of space

Section III: Frame of Mind

Chapter 7. Arousal: Conscious experience and brain mechanisms

Chapter 8. Emotion and Conscious Experience: Perceptual and attentional influences of anxiety

Section IV: Brain Evolution

Chapter 9. Consciousness: A Preparatory and comparative process

Chapter 10. Multisensory Coordination and the Evolution of Consciousness

Subject Index

Name Index

the series ADVANCES IN CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612255052

9789027299833

9027299838

9780585461915

0585461910

9781282255050

1282255053

OCLC:

228040591