Consciousness transitions : phylogenetic, ontogenetic, and physiological aspects / / editors, Hans Liljenstrom, Peter Arhem |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Elsevier, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
Disciplina | 126 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LiljenstromHans <1956->
ArhemPeter <1946-> |
Soggetto topico | Consciousness |
ISBN |
1-281-07698-8
9786611076986 0-08-055463-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Consciousness Transitions; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1. Beyond Cognition - On Consciousness Transitions; 1. What are the problems?; 2. Knowledge in an evolutionary perspective; 3. Evolution of cognition; 4. Evolving consciousness; 5. Philosophical implications; 6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. The Remote Roots of Consciousness in Fruit-fly Selective Attention?; 1. Introduction; 2. Behavioural selection; 3. Behavioural suppression; 4. Fly virtual reality; 5. Alternating selection; 6. Salience and memory; 7. Mushroom bodies
8. The missing piece9. Selective attention in the fly brain; 10. Arousal in the fly brain; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. The Evolution of Consciousness in Animals; 1. Introduction: The definition of animal consciousness; 2. Evolution and adaptation; 3. Consciousness in animals; 4. Discussion; References; Chapter 4. On the Origin of Consciousness - Some Amniote Scenarios; 1. Introduction; 2. The basic consciousness criteria are anthropocentric; 3. Sharpening the consciousness criteria - some principal consciousness-brain theories 4. Testing the principal criteria - the case of general anaesthesia5. The phylogenetic origin of consciousness; 6. Reconsidering reptilian cognitive behaviour; 7. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. A Bird's Eye View of Consciousness; 1. Introduction; 2. Which organisms are conscious?; 3. Function of feelings; 4. Emergence of consciousness; 5. Vertebrate intelligence; 6. Complex learning; 7. Association formation and causality; 8. Language; 9. Association formation in humans; 10. Infantile amnesia; 11. Language and self; 12. Self and consciousness; 13. Concluding comments; References Chapter 6. The Molecular Biology of Consciousness1. Introduction; 2. Modelling consciousness: the neuronal workspace hypothesis; 3. The neuronal nicotinic receptors: allosteric membrane proteins that modulate higher brain function; 4. The integration of neuronal nicotinic receptors to the neuronal work-space architecture; 5. Nicotinic receptors and states of consciousness in the mouse; 6. Nicotinic receptors and nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsies; 7. Nicotinic receptors and the content of consciousness 8. The joint recovery of exploratory behaviour and reward function by targeted re-expression of nAChR subunit9. Is the mouse a useful animal model to investigate consciousness?; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7. The Emergence of Consciousness in the Newborn; 1. Introduction; 2. Neurons - the atoms of consciousness; 3. The localization of consciousness; 4. Developmental anatomy of consciousness; 5. The neurochemistry of consciousness; 6. Methods to study consciousness in the fetus and the infant; 7. Components of consciousness; 8. Integration of the components; 9. Cyber-babies 10. When does minimal consciousness emerge? |
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Amsterdam, : Elsevier, 2008 | ||
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Micro, meso, macro : addressing complex systems couplings / / editors, Hans Liljenstorm, Uno Svedin |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Pub., c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
Disciplina | 003 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LiljenstromHans <1956->
SvedinUno <1943-> |
Soggetto topico |
System theory
Science - Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-281-37272-2
9786611372729 981-270-140-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 System Features, Dynamics, and Resilience - Some Introductory Remarks; PART ONE The "Vertical" System Structure and Meso-Level Characteristics; PART TWO Inner and Outer Dynamics; PART THREE Resilience and Shocks; Index; List of Authors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826069503321 |
Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Pub., c2005 | ||
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