Wider than the sky: the phenomenal gift of consciousness
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How does the firing of neurons give rise to subjective sensations, thoughts, and emotions? How can the disparate domains of mind and body be reconciled? The quest for a scientifically based understanding of consciousness has attracted study and speculation across the ages. In this direct and non-technical discussion of consciousness, Dr. Gerald M. Edelman draws on a lifetime of scientific inquiry into the workings of the brain to formulate answers to the mind-body questions that intrigue every thinking person. Concise and understandable, the book explains pertinent findings of modern neuroscience and describes how consciousness arises in complex brains. Edelman explores the relation of consciousness to causation, to evolution, to the development of the self, and to the origins of feelings, learning, and memory. His analysis of the brain activities underlying consciousness is based on recent remarkable advances in biochemistry, immunology, medical imaging, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, yet the implications of his book extend farther-beyond the worlds of science and medicine into virtually every area of human inquiry.
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Aspect physiologique
Brain
Brain -- Physiological aspects
Brain -- Physiology
Cerveau
Cerveau -- Physiologie
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
Conscience
Conscience -- Aspect physiologique
Consciousness
Consciousness -- Physiological aspects
Consciousness -- physiology
Electronic books
Physiological aspects
Physiologie
Physiology
PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology
SCIENCE
SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science
Brain
Brain -- Physiological aspects
Brain -- Physiology
Cerveau
Cerveau -- Physiologie
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
Conscience
Conscience -- Aspect physiologique
Consciousness
Consciousness -- Physiological aspects
Consciousness -- physiology
Electronic books
Physiological aspects
Physiologie
Physiology
PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology
SCIENCE
SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science
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Electronic books
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Wider Than the Sky : The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness Edelman, Gerald M.
Wider than the sky : the phenomenal gift of consciousness / Gerald M. Edelman
Wider than the sky [electronic resource] : the phenomenal gift of consciousness / Gerald M. Edelman
Wider than the sky : the phenomenal gift of consciousness / Gerald M. Edelman
Wider than the sky [electronic resource] : the phenomenal gift of consciousness / Gerald M. Edelman
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