Being you : a new science of consciousness / Anil Seth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seth, Anil K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Consciousness--Physiological aspects.

Neuropsychology.

Perception.

Self-perception.

Cognitive neuroscience.

Brain.

Physical Description:

340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random house LLC, [2021]

Summary:

"Being you is an unprecedented tour of consciousness thats to new experimental evidence, much of white comes from Seth's own lab. His radical argument is that we do not perceive the world as it objectively is, but rather that we are prediction machines, constantly inventing our world and correcting our mistakes by the microsecond, and that we can now observe the biological mechanisms in the brain that accomplish this process of consciousness."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. LEVEL

1. The Real Problem

2. Measuring Consciousness

3. Phi

II. CONTENT

4. Perceiving from the Inside Out

5. The Wizard of Odds

6. The Beholder's Share

III. SELF

7. Delirium

8. Expect Yourself

9. Being a Beast Machine

10. A Fish in Water

11. Degrees of Freedom

IV. OTHER

12. Beyond Human

13. Machine Minds.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-331) and index.

ISBN:

9781524742874

1524742872

OCLC:

1237100953

Publisher Number:

99988820157