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Consciousness : a very short introduction [E-book]

By:

Blackmore, Susan J

Series: Very short introductions ; 121.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: xvi, 146p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780191517303
0192805851

Subject(s):

Consciousness

NLM classification:

WLM 400.

Online resources:

South London and Maudsley Trust staff and students click here for e-book access (NHS OpenAthens login required)

Summary: Consciousness', 'the last great mystery for science', remains a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? Exciting new developments in brain science are continuing the debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This controversial book clarifies the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories, whilst also outlining the amazing pace of discoveries in neuroscience. Covering areas such as the construction of self in the brain, mechanisms of attention, the neural correlates of consciousness, and the physiology of altered states of consciousness, Susan Blackmore highlights our latest findings.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library On website	WLM 400 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		rhleb110121b

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Consciousness', 'the last great mystery for science', remains a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? Exciting new developments in brain science are continuing the debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This controversial book clarifies the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories, whilst also outlining the amazing pace of discoveries in neuroscience. Covering areas such as the construction of self in the brain, mechanisms of attention, the neural correlates of consciousness, and the physiology of altered states of consciousness, Susan Blackmore highlights our latest findings.

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