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The Conscious Brain. How Attention Engenders Experience.
Jesse J. Prinz
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Description for The Conscious Brain. How Attention Engenders Experience.
Paperback. Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of the psychological and neurophysiological correlates of conscious experience. Series: Philosophy of Mind Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTR; HPM; JMTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
The problem of consciousness continues to be a subject of great debate in cognitive science. Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of the psychological and neurophysiological correlates of conscious experience. Prinz's account of consciousness makes two main claims: first consciousness always arises at a particular stage of perceptual processing, the intermediate level, and, second, consciousness depends on attention. Attention changes the flow of information allowing perceptual information to access memory systems. Neurobiologically, this change in flow depends on synchronized neural firing. Neural synchrony is also implicated in the unity of consciousness and in ... Read more
The problem of consciousness continues to be a subject of great debate in cognitive science. Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of the psychological and neurophysiological correlates of conscious experience. Prinz's account of consciousness makes two main claims: first consciousness always arises at a particular stage of perceptual processing, the intermediate level, and, second, consciousness depends on attention. Attention changes the flow of information allowing perceptual information to access memory systems. Neurobiologically, this change in flow depends on synchronized neural firing. Neural synchrony is also implicated in the unity of consciousness and in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy of Mind Series
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190218959
SKU
V9780190218959
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About Jesse J. Prinz
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York, Graduate Center
Reviews for The Conscious Brain. How Attention Engenders Experience.
The Conscious Brain is highly readable throughout and offers a detailed and balanced overview of the relevant scientific literature. The arguments it presents are sophisticated, subtle, and engaging, and interrelated in such a way that it gives us a glimmer of hope that one day we will discover a complete theory of consciousness ... Now go buy a copy and ... Read more