Neural Basis of Consciousness

Naoyuki Osaka, "Neural Basis of Consciousness"
John Benjamins Publishing Co | 2003 | ISBN: 1588113396 | 211 pages | PDF | 1,8 MB

Preface
This book provides a systematic examination of the neural basis of consciousness,
taking as its thesis that consciousness is not a unitary function of the
brain. To fully understand consciousness, therefore, we require examination of
the concept of neural basis of conscious mind.
Recent advances in cognitive neurosciencemade in consciousness research
now make possible an understanding of the neural events that are associated
with the different forms of consciousness. The book discusses the major issues
related to neural basis of consciousness, the mechanisms of the different
varieties of consciousness.
Research investigating the neural basis of consciousness has become a more
influential stream now in 2002 as compared to 1998, when this book was conceived.
It has taken several years to collect and keep up-to-date the chapters
in this volume. I gratefully acknowledge continuing support from Professor
Maxim I. Stamenov, series editor of the Advances in Consciousness Research,
for his comments and suggestions. I also express my deepest thanks to the
contributors of each chapter for updating the manuscript during the editorial
processes.
One of the contributors, Sir John C. Eccles (who was a Nobel Prize Laurente
in 1963) passed away on May 2nd, 1997 in Locarno, Switzerland, after
submitting the chapter with Professor Beck. We regret his death and would
like to express our thanks to his great contribution to modern consciousness
research.
Naoyuki Osaka

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