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Neurophysiology of Consciousness
Benjamin Libet
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Description for Neurophysiology of Consciousness
Hardback. Collected here are the key publications of Benjamin Libet, whose work during 30 years of exploring the human brain has helped establish a basis for studying subjective mental phenomena - a basis for clarifying the mysteries of mind/brain relationships with hard experimental investigations. Series: Contemporary Neuroscientists. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JM; MJN; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 969.
and made insignificant in practice, by selecting for study simple kinds of ex periences which are devoid of emotional content and which can be tested for reliability. A simple somatosensory ''raw feel" fulfills these characteristics (see papers nos. 2,5). In any case, if we fail to find ways to use introspective reports in convincingly acceptable studies we would give up the ability to investigate the relation between conscious experience and neural activity, something warned against by William James (Krech, 1969). Another factor in the dearth of direct experimental studies is, of course, the comparative inaccessibility of the human brain for ... Read more
and made insignificant in practice, by selecting for study simple kinds of ex periences which are devoid of emotional content and which can be tested for reliability. A simple somatosensory ''raw feel" fulfills these characteristics (see papers nos. 2,5). In any case, if we fail to find ways to use introspective reports in convincingly acceptable studies we would give up the ability to investigate the relation between conscious experience and neural activity, something warned against by William James (Krech, 1969). Another factor in the dearth of direct experimental studies is, of course, the comparative inaccessibility of the human brain for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Neuroscientists
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
Secaucus, United States
ISBN
9780817635381
SKU
V9780817635381
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