Consciousness
About this book
Consciousness', 'the last great mystery for science', remains a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? Exciting new developments in brain science are continuing the debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This controversial book clarifies the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories, whilst also outlining the amazing pace of discoveries in neuroscience. Covering areas such as the construction of self in the brain, mechanisms of attention, the neural correlates of consciousness, and the physiology of altered states of consciousness, Susan Blackmore highlights our latest findings.
Reader Profile
3.8/5 · 4 readers · 552 pages · ≈ 10 h 13 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Consciousness?
About ≈ 10 h 13 m — 552 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Consciousness?
552 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Consciousness?
It sits on the Science, Psychology shelves.
Is Consciousness in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Consciousness?
Susan J. Blackmore (1951–0).