The brain's representational power : on consciousness and the integration of modalities / Cyriel M.A. Pennartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pennartz, Cyriel M. A., 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neural circuitry.

Neurosciences.

Cognition.

Cognitive science.

Memory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although science has made considerable progress in discovering the neural basis of cognition, how consciousness arises remains elusive. In this book, Pennartz analyzes which aspects of conscious experience can be peeled away to access its core: the relationship between brain processes and the qualitative nature of consciousness. Pennartz traces the problem back to its historical foundations and connects early ideas to contemporary computational neuroscience.

Contents:

Introduction

Building representations with neurons and spikes

Peeling off our conscious lives

What neural network models can and cannot explain about cognition

Networks and the problem of panpsychism

Structure and function of brain systems for conscious and non-conscious representation

Same brain, different states : waking, sleeping and anesthesia

Requirements for conscious representations

Neural mechanisms for conscious representations

Levels of representational organization

Philosophical and future perspectives.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-33013-X

0-262-33012-1

OCLC:

923252493