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Edelman, Gerald M

A universe of Consciousness : How Matter Becomes Imagination / Consciousness How matter becomes imagination Gerald M. Edelman and Giulio Tononi - 1st ed - Basic Books, c2000. - xiii, 274 p. : illustrations ; 25 cm

Index

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-264) and index

The world knot: Consciousness : philosophical paradox or scientific object?; The special problem of consciousness; Everyman's private theater : ongoing unity, endless variety -- Consciousness and the brain: Building a picture of the brain; Consciousness and distributed neural activity; Neural activity integrated and differentiated -- Mechanisms of consciousness : the Darwinian perspective; Selectionism; Nonrepresentational memory; Perception into memory : the remembered present -- Dealing with plethora : the dynamic core hypothesis: Integration and reenetry; Consciousness and complexity; Determining where the knot is tied : the dynamic core hypothesis -- Untangling the knot: Qualia and discrimination; The conscious and the unconscious -- Observer time: Language and the self; Thinking; Prisoners of description

ISBN: 0465013767

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Consciousness
Brain
Neuropsychology
Mind and body
Thought and thinking
Brain--Evolution
Consciousness--physiology
Brain--physiology
Imagination
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
Thinking--physiology

LC Class. No.: QP411 / .E345 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 612.82 / EDE

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2000 E-142 WL 705 / E21u 2000