Consciousness : States, Mechanisms and Disorders

by Cavanna, Andrea Eugenio

• ISBN13: 9781620813119
• ISBN10: 1620813114
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-01
• Publisher: NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC

Summary

The so-called "hard problem" of consciousness, i.e. the problem of explaining how and why we have conscious experiences, has received different formulations across time. Back in 1868, Thomas Henry Huxley suggested that the mystery of consciousness resides somewhere -- or somehow -- in the activity of the brain. Since then, both clinical and basic neurosciences have taken the problem of consciousness seriously, joining the allied disciplines of philosophy and psychology in the seemingly insurmountable quest for consciousness. This book presents some of the latest research in the multidisciplinary field of consciousness studies, dealing with both theoretical and experimental aspects encompassing a wide range of normal and pathological states of consciousness.

Table of Contents

Preface

The modularity of consciousness: a neurobehavioral perspective

Consciousness extended: bridging informational broadcast & perceptual awareness within a comprehensive conceptualization of consciousness

Brain endogenous feedback & degrees of consciousness

States of consciousness or states of phenomenology?

How do we measure the invisible? Creation & validation of the Troyer Level of Consciousness Inventory

Autonoetic consciousness & the self

Sense of self & consciousness: nature, origins, mechanisms, & implications

The rubber hand illusion: manipulating our sense of body experience

A commentary on how subcortical structures influence consciousness

Considerations in disorders of consciousness & interventions that can restore brain function

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