Quest for Consciousness: a Neurobiological Approach

Name: Quest for Consciousness: a Neurobiological Approach
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ISBN: 9781936221042

ISBN-10: 1936221047

ISBN-13: 9781936221042

Edition: 2004

Authors: Christof Koch, Koch Christof

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Consciousness is the major unsolved problem in biology. How do the elemental feelings and sensations making up conscious experience, the redness of red and painfulness of pain, arise from the concerted actions of nerve cells and their associated synaptic and molecular processes? Can such feelings be explained by modern science, or is some quite different kind of explanation needed? And how can this seemingly intractable problem be approached experimentally? Designed as an introduction to the field and drawing upon anatomical, physiological, clinical and psychological observations, this book seeks answers to these questions within a neurobiological framework; that is, how do the operations…

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List price: $52.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: W. H. Freeman & Company
Publication date: 1/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.97" wide x 9.89" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

Christof Koch is Professor of Biology and of Engineering at the California Institute of Technology and Chief Scientific Officer of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle. He is the author of The Quest for Consciousness and other books.



Foreword




Introduction to the Study of Consciousness



Neurons, the Atoms of Perception



The First Steps in Seeing



The Primary Visual Cortex as a Prototypical Neocortical Area



What Are the Neuronal Correlates of Consciousness?



The Neuronal Correlates of Consciousness Are Not in the Primary Visual Cortex



The Architecture of the Cerebral Cortex



Going Beyond the Primary Visual Cortex



Attention and Consciousness



The Neuronal Underpinnings of Attention



Memories and Consciousness



What You Can Do Without Being Conscious: The Zombie Within



Agnosia, Blindsight, Epilepsy, and Sleep-Walking: Clinical Evidence for Zombie Agents



Some Speculations on the Functions of Consciousness



On Time and Consciousness



When the Mind Flips: Following the Footprints of Consciousness



Splitting the Brain Splits Consciousness



Further Speculations on Thoughts and the Unconscious Homunculus



A Framework for Consciousness



An Interview