Unlocking the Brain - Rilegato

Northoff, Georg

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ISBN 10: 0199981469 ISBN 13: 9780199981465

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2014

Riassunto

Neuroscience has made considerable progress in figuring out how the brain works. We know much about the molecular-genetic and biochemical underpinnings of sensory and motor functions, and recent neuroimaging work has opened the door to investigating the neural underpinnings of higher-order cognitive functions, such as memory, attention, and even free will. In these types of investigations, researchers apply specific stimuli to induce neural activity in the brain and look for the function in question. However, there may be more to the brain and its neuronal states than the changes in activity we induce by applying particular external stimuli.

In Volume 1 of Unlocking the Brain, Coding, Georg Northoff presents his argument for how the brain must code the relationship between its resting state activity and stimulus-induced activity in order to enable and predispose mental states and consciousness. In Volume 2, Consciousness, Georg Northoff addresses consciousness by hypothesizing about the relationship between particular neuronal mechanisms and the various phenomenal features of consciousness.

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Recensione:

This intriguing book is the author's magnum opus on the fundamental properties of the brain and how the brain, from its fundamental properties, produces consciousness. This book is extremely scholarly with voluminous citations of the scientific literature. The indexes of the two volumes are very helpful. (Doody's Notes)

L'autore:

Georg Northoff, Ph.D., is Director of Research Unit for Mind, Brain imaging and Neuroethics, Canada Research Chair, and EJLB-Michael Smith Chair for Neuroscience and Mental Health at the Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0199981469
• ISBN 13: 9780199981465
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 1152