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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460949903321

Autore

Pennartz Cyriel M. A. <1963->

Titolo

The brain's representational power : on consciousness and the integration of modalities / / Cyriel M. A. Pennartz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-262-33012-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (407 p.)

Disciplina

612.8

Soggetti

Neural circuitry

Neurosciences

Cognition

Cognitive science

Memory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Building representations with neurons and spikes -- Peeling off our conscious lives -- What neural network models can and cannot explain about cognition -- Networks and the problem of panpsychism -- Structure and function of brain systems for conscious and non-conscious representation -- Same brain, different states : waking, sleeping and anesthesia -- Requirements for conscious representations -- Neural mechanisms for conscious representations -- Levels of representational organization -- Philosophical and future perspectives.

Sommario/riassunto

Although science has made considerable progress in discovering the neural basis of cognition, how consciousness arises remains elusive. In this book, Pennartz analyzes which aspects of conscious experience can be peeled away to access its core: the relationship between brain processes and the qualitative nature of consciousness. Pennartz traces the problem back to its historical foundations and connects early ideas to contemporary computational neuroscience.