03370nam 22005654a 450 991045230180332120200520144314.01-281-72290-197866117229060-300-13366-9(CKB)1000000000472185(StDuBDS)AH24486323(SSID)ssj0000271850(PQKBManifestationID)11954689(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271850(PQKBWorkID)10296153(PQKB)11695606(MiAaPQ)EBC3420059(Au-PeEL)EBL3420059(CaPaEBR)ebr10170749(OCoLC)923589346(EXLCZ)99100000000047218520030924d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrWider than the sky[electronic resource] the phenomenal gift of consciousness /Gerald M. EdelmanNew Haven Yale University Pressc20041 online resource (224 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-10229-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and index.The mind of man: completing Darwin's program -- Consciousness: the remembered present -- Elements of the brain -- Neural Darwinism: a global brain theory -- The mechanisms of consciousness -- Wider than the sky: qualia, unity, and complexity -- Consciousness and causation: the phenomenal transform -- The conscious and the nonconscious: automaticity and attention -- Higher-order consciousness and representation -- Theory and the properties of consciousness -- Identity: the self, mortality, and value -- Mind and body: some consequences.How does the firing of neurons give rise to subjective sensations, thoughts, and emotions? How can the disparate domains of mind and body be reconciled? The quest for a scientifically based understanding of consciousness has attracted study and speculation across the ages. In this direct and non-technical discussion of consciousness, Dr. Gerald M. Edelman draws on a lifetime of scientific inquiry into the workings of the brain to formulate answers to the mind-body questions that intrigue every thinking person.Concise and understandable, the book explains pertinent findings of modern neuroscience and describes how consciousness arises in complex brains. Edelman explores the relation of consciousness to causation, to evolution, to the development of the self, and to the origins of feelings, learning, and memory. His analysis of the brain activities underlying consciousness is based on recent remarkable advances in biochemistry, immunology, medical imaging, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, yet the implications of his book extend fartherbeyond the worlds of science and medicine into virtually every area of human inquiry.ConsciousnessPhysiological aspectsBrainPhysiological aspectsElectronic books.ConsciousnessPhysiological aspects.BrainPhysiological aspects.153Edelman Gerald M82746MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452301803321Wider than the sky20362UNINA