Image from Google Jackets

The Single-Neuron Theory : Closing in on the Neural Correlate of Consciousness / by Steven Sevush

By: Sevush, Steven, autor
Material type: materialTypeLabelE-bookPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016Edition: First edition 2016.Description: 1 recurso en línea (XXII, 299 páginas) : 51 ilustraciones.ISBN: 9783319337081.Subject: Conciencia | Neuronas -- FisiologíaOnline resources: Acceso a este recurso digital (usuarios Universidad Europea de Madrid)Digital Resources
Contents:
Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Mind/Brain Problem -- Chapter 2. Principles of Cortical Function -- Chapter 3. Perception -- Chapter 4. Memory -- Chapter 5. Feelings -- Chapter 6. The Split-Brain Paradigm -- Chapter 7. Frontal Convergence -- Chapter 8. Neuronal Networks -- Chapter 9. Information Processing within Neurons -- Chapter 10. Encoding Conscious Experience in Single Neurons -- Chapter 11. Quantum Consciousness -- Chapter 12. Implications and Speculations.
Summary: This book presents an engaging account of a provocative new theory which explores how our brain generates conscious experience and where this occurs. It suggests that conscious experience happens not at the whole brain level but at the level of individual nerve cells. The notion that the brain as a whole is sentient is an illusion created by the exquisite organization of the individually conscious neurons. Despite appearances to the contrary, conscious behavior that seems to be the product of a single macroscopic mind is actually the integrated output of a chorus of microscopic minds, each associated with an individual neuron. The result is a theory that revolutionizes our conception of who and what we are.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
LIBRO-E NO PRÉSTAMO LIBRO-E NO PRÉSTAMO Madrid Digital Acceso Electrónico (UEM) Ciencias de la Salud QP411 2016 EB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Acceso electrónico eBook.29042100
Total holds: 0

Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Mind/Brain Problem -- Chapter 2. Principles of Cortical Function -- Chapter 3. Perception -- Chapter 4. Memory -- Chapter 5. Feelings -- Chapter 6. The Split-Brain Paradigm -- Chapter 7. Frontal Convergence -- Chapter 8. Neuronal Networks -- Chapter 9. Information Processing within Neurons -- Chapter 10. Encoding Conscious Experience in Single Neurons -- Chapter 11. Quantum Consciousness -- Chapter 12. Implications and Speculations.

This book presents an engaging account of a provocative new theory which explores how our brain generates conscious experience and where this occurs. It suggests that conscious experience happens not at the whole brain level but at the level of individual nerve cells. The notion that the brain as a whole is sentient is an illusion created by the exquisite organization of the individually conscious neurons. Despite appearances to the contrary, conscious behavior that seems to be the product of a single macroscopic mind is actually the integrated output of a chorus of microscopic minds, each associated with an individual neuron. The result is a theory that revolutionizes our conception of who and what we are.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
Share