LEADER 03370nam 22005654a 450 001 9910452301803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-72290-1 010 $a9786611722906 010 $a0-300-13366-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472185 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24486323 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000271850 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954689 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271850 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10296153 035 $a(PQKB)11695606 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420059 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420059 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170749 035 $a(OCoLC)923589346 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472185 100 $a20030924d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWider than the sky$b[electronic resource] $ethe phenomenal gift of consciousness /$fGerald M. Edelman 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-10229-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $bHow 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. 606 $aConsciousness$xPhysiological aspects 606 $aBrain$xPhysiological aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConsciousness$xPhysiological aspects. 615 0$aBrain$xPhysiological aspects. 676 $a153 700 $aEdelman$b Gerald M$082746 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452301803321 996 $aWider than the sky$920362 997 $aUNINA