Antti Revonsuo

Consciousness

The Science of Subjectivity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a fascinating introduction to the scientific study of consciousness and to the new science that promises to illuminate our understanding of consciousness: subjective experience, sensation and thinking.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 177mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 625g
• ISBN-13: 9781841697260
• ISBN-10: 1841697265
• Artikelnr.: 35723118

Autorenporträt

Antti Revonsuo is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Skövde, Sweden, and Professor of Psychology at the University of Turku, Finland. He has been conducting research on consciousness since the early 1990s and has directed an undergraduate degree programme on consciousness studies since 1997. He is best known for his evolutionary-psychological theory of dreaming, the threat-simulation theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Background of the Science of Consciousness. Introduction:
Consciousness and Its Place in the Scientific View of the World. 1. The
Philosophical Foundations of Consciousness Science. 2. The Historical
Foundations of Consciousness Science. 3. The Conceptual Foundations of
Consciousness Science. Part 2. Central Domains of Consciousness Science I:
Neuropsychology and Consciousness. 4. Neuropsychological Deficits of Visual
Consciousness. 5. Neuropsychological Dissociations of Visual Consciousness
from Behaviour. 6. Neuropsychological Disorders of Self-Awareness. Part 3.
Central Domains of Consciousness Science II: Neural Correlates of
Consciousness (NCC). 7. Methods and Design of NCC Experiments. 8. Studies
on the Neural Basis of Consciousness as a State. 9. Studies on the Neural
Basis of Visual Consciousness. Part 4. Central Domains of Consciousness
Science III: Theories of Consciousness. 10. Philosophical Theories of
Consciousness. 11. Empirical Theories of Consciousness. Part 5. Central
Domains of Consciousness Science IV: Altered States of Consciousness. 12.
What is an "Altered State of Consciousness" (ASC)? 13. Dreaming and Sleep.
14. Hypnosis. 15. Higher States of Consciousness. 16. Epilogue: Reflections
on the Science of Subjective Experience.