Consciousness 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.
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ISBN
9781009038492
Publisert
2021
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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