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Autore |
Bayne Tim |
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Oxford Companion to Consciousness [[electronic resource]] |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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0-19-102103-2 |
0-19-102102-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (689 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CleeremansAxel |
WilkenPatrick |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consciousness -- Dictionaries |
Consciousness |
Psychophysiology |
Cognition |
Mental Processes |
Social Sciences |
Psychology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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