The Unity of Consciousness: Binding, Integration, and Dissociation - Hardcover

 
9780198508571: The Unity of Consciousness: Binding, Integration, and Dissociation
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198508573 ISBN 13: 9780198508571
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Consciousness has many elements, from sensory experiences such as vision, audition, and bodily sensation, to nonsensory aspects such as volition, emotion, memory, and thought. The apparent unity of these elements is striking; all are presented to us as experiences of a single subject, and all seem to be contained within a unified field of experience. But this apparent unity raises many questions. How do diverse systems in the brain co-operate to produce a unified experience? Are there conditions under which this unity breaks down? Is conscious experience really unified at all?
In recent years, these questions have been addressed by researchers in many fields, including, neurophysiologists and computational modellers, neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, and philosophy. With chapters from some of the leading thinkers on consciousness, this is a thought-provoking book that attempts to answer some of the big questions.

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About the Author

Axel Cleeremans is in the Department of Psychology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198508573
ISBN 13 
9780198508571
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
328
Editor
Cleeremans Axel