Introduction to Consciousness

This new textbook, written in a lucid and catchy style, draws on all major disciplines that make up the study of consciousness - neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, and philosophy. With a strong emphasis on empirical evidence, it is designed as an introductory, single-volume overview of the exciting field of consciousness.>

Sommario

PART I: THE NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Introduction
A Brief History
Basic Positions
PART II: THE MECHANISM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Physical Mechanisms
Artificial Intelligence
Neurocognition and Evolution
PART III: THE CONTENT OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Perception
Memory
Emotion
Metacognition
Free Will
PART IV: ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Sleep and Dreams
Drugs and other Alternities.

Info autore

Arne Dietrich

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Arne Dietrich
• Editore: Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.03.2007
• EAN: 9781403994899
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-9489-9
• Pagine: 328
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica; B, cognitive psychology, Religion and Philosophy