Screen LibraryConsciousness transitions : phylogenetic, ontogenetic and physiological aspects /
It was not long ago when the consciousness was not considered a problem for science. However, this has now changed and the problem of consciousness is considered the greatest challenge to science. In the last decade, a great number of books and articles have been published in the field, but very few...
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Elsevier Science,
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| Publisher Address: | [Place of publication not identified] : |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444529770 |
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It was not long ago when the consciousness was not considered a problem for science. However, this has now changed and the problem of consciousness is considered the greatest challenge to science. In the last decade, a great number of books and articles have been published in the field, but very few have focused on the how consciousness evolves and develops, and what characterizes the transitions between different conscious states, in animals and humans. This book addresses these questions. Renowned researchers from different fields of science (including neurobiology, evolutionary biology, e |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (335 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780444529770 0444529772 9780080554631 0080554636 1281076988 9781281076984 |
| Index Number: | QP411 |
| CLC: | B842.7 |
| Contents: | Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Beyond Cognition -- On Consciousness Transitions (P. A rhem and H. Liljenstro m) -- 2. The Remote Roots of Consciousness in Fruit-fly Selective Attention (B. van Swinderen) -- 3. The Evolution of Consciousness in Animals (R.V. Rial, M.C. Nicolau, A. Gamund , M. Aka rir, C. Garau and S. Esteban) -- 4. On the Origin of Consciousness -- Some Amniote Scenarios (P. A rhem, I. Lindahl, P. Manger and A. Butler) -- 5. A Bird's Eye View of Consciousness (E. MacPhail) -- 6. The Molecular Biology of Consciousness Investigated with Genetically Modified Mice (J-P. Changeux) |