Consciousness A Very Short Introduction
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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Title | Consciousness A Very Short Introduction |
Author | Susan Blackmore |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN | |
Edition | 2005 |
Number of Pages | 146 |
Country | United States |
Language | English, |
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