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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789269603321

Autore

Bayne Tim

Titolo

Oxford Companion to Consciousness [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-102103-2

0-19-102102-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (689 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CleeremansAxel

WilkenPatrick

Disciplina

153

Soggetti

Consciousness -- Dictionaries

Consciousness

Psychophysiology

Cognition

Mental Processes

Social Sciences

Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

Consciousness is undoubtedly one of the last remaining scientific mysteries and hence one of the greatest contemporary scientific challenges. How does the brain's activity result in the rich phenomenology that characterizes our waking life? Are animals conscious? Why did consciousness evolve? How does science proceed to answer such questions? Can we define what consciousness is? Can we measure it? Can we use experimental results to further our understanding of disorders ofconsciousness, such as those seen in schizophrenia, delirium, or altered states of consciousness? These questions are at th