The Science of ConsciousnessConsciousness concerns awareness and how we experience the world. How does awareness, a feature of the mental world, arise from the physical brain? Is a dog conscious, or a jellyfish, and what explains the difference? How is consciousness related to psychological processes such as perception and cognition? The Science of Consciousness covers the psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience of consciousness. Written for introductory courses in psychology and philosophy, this text examines consciousness with a special emphasis on current neuroscience research as well as comparisons of normal and damaged brains. The full range of normal and altered states of consciousness, including sleep and dreams, hypnotic and meditative states, anesthesia, and drug-induced states, as well as parapsychological phenomena and their importance for the science of consciousness is covered, as well as the 'higher' states and how we can attain them. Throughout the text attempts to relate consciousness to the brain. |
Contents
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Chapter Summary | 23 |
1 What Is an Illusion? The Homunculus in the Cartesian Theatre | 62 |
Deciding to | 69 |
Chapter Summary | 76 |
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types of introspection 6 3 A landscape of rainbow and tree 6 4 A Kanizsa triangle 6 5 Beatles hysteria 6 6 the occipital lobe of the brain 6 7 Freuds ic... | 133 |
Why Do We Dream? Dreaming and Creativity | 320 |
hospital in Rennes France 14 9 neural correlates of hypnotic induction | 324 |
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an equal rights march 16 7 Whirling dervishes perform the Sema Ritua 16 8 Average additional brain activation of Carmelite nuns in mystical states ... | 370 |
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ESP and | 385 |
Chapter Summary | 147 |
4 | 167 |
Consciousness Is About Limitations | 185 |
the iBM Q System | 205 |
Disorders of Visuospatial Perception | 227 |
The Grand Illusion | 235 |
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11 | 269 |
The History of Consciousness Research | 284 |
Why Do We Sleep? Evolutionary Functions of Sleep | 302 |
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six monkeys holding hands and paws 13 10 Dream symbols | 306 |
What Is a Dream? How Well Do We Remember Our Dreams? | 308 |
pointing at the location of a rapping sound or is it a portal to another dimension? 17 11 Victorian photograph of a ghost 17 12 Reincarnation the cas... | 393 |
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29 | 426 |
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The MindBody Problem | 462 |
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The Science of Consciousness: Waking, Sleeping and Dreaming Trevor A. Harley No preview available - 2021 |
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