New Horizons in the Neuroscience of Consciousness
Editors
A fascinating cornucopia of new ideas, based on fundamentals of neurobiology, psychology, psychiatry and therapy, this book extends boundaries of current concepts of consciousness. Its eclectic mix will simulate and challenge not only neuroscientists and psychologists but entice others interested in exploring consciousness. Contributions from top researchers in consciousness and related fields project diverse ideas, focused mainly on conscious nonconscious interactions:
1. Paving the way for new research on basic scientific - physiological, pharmacological or neurochemical - mechanisms underpinning conscious experience (‘bottom up’ approach);
2. Providing directions on how psychological processes are involved in consciousness (‘top down’ approach);
3. Indicating how including consciousness could lead to new understanding of mental disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, dementia, and addiction;
4. More provocatively, but still based on scientific evidence, exploring consciousness beyond conventional boundaries, indicating the potential for radical new thinking or ‘quantum leaps’ in neuroscientific theories of consciousness. (Series B)
1. Paving the way for new research on basic scientific - physiological, pharmacological or neurochemical - mechanisms underpinning conscious experience (‘bottom up’ approach);
2. Providing directions on how psychological processes are involved in consciousness (‘top down’ approach);
3. Indicating how including consciousness could lead to new understanding of mental disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, dementia, and addiction;
4. More provocatively, but still based on scientific evidence, exploring consciousness beyond conventional boundaries, indicating the potential for radical new thinking or ‘quantum leaps’ in neuroscientific theories of consciousness. (Series B)
[Advances in Consciousness Research, 79] 2010. xxv, 330 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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List of contributors | pp. ix–xii
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Prologue | pp. xiii–xxiv
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Poem | p. xxv
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Section I. Neuronal mechanisms
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The slow cortical potential hypothesis on consciousnessBiyu J. He and Marcus E. Raichle | pp. 3–16
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Distinct characteristics of conscious experience are met by large-scale neuronal synchronizationLucia Melloni and Wolf Singer | pp. 17–28
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Gamma oscillations and the cellular components of consciousness?Fiona E.N. LeBeau | pp. 29–38
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Dopamine modulation of decision making processesAnthony A. Grace | pp. 39–52
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Undercurrents of consciousness: The endocannabinoid systemHeather Ashton | pp. 53–64
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Disconnecting consciousness: The neuroscience of general anaesthesiaLucas Campos, Adrian Pichurko and George A. Mashour | pp. 65–72
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Consciousness and neural time travelMichael E. Hasselmo | pp. 73–80
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Section II. Psychological processes
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Consciousness and the relation between implicit and explicit memorySigny Sheldon and Morris Moscovitch | pp. 83–90
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Two varieties of unconscious processesStan Franklin and Bernard J. Baars | pp. 91–102
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Operating characteristics and awarenessColin W.G. Clifford, Justin A. Harris and Ehsan Arabzadeh | pp. 103–112
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Noise in the brain, decision-making, determinism, free will, and consciousnessEdmund T. Rolls | pp. 113–120
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Social consciousnessKai Vogeley | pp. 121–128
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Consciousness and language: A processing perspectiveMichael Sharwood Smith and John Truscott | pp. 129–138
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Cognitive illusions: From magic to scienceGustav Kuhn | pp. 139–148
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Dreaming as a model system for consciousness researchAntti Revonsuo and Katja Valli | pp. 149–154
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Lucid dreaming and the bimodality of consciousnessAllan Hobson and Ursula Voss | pp. 155–166
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Section III. Psychopathologies and therapies
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Why depression feels badMark Solms and Jaak Panksepp | pp. 169–178
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Dementia and the boundary between conscious and nonconscious awarenessDaniel Collerton | pp. 179–186
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Consciousness as the spin-off and schizophrenia as the price of languageTimothy J. Crow | pp. 187–200
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Consciousness and psychosis associated with schizophrenia: The role of Cornu Ammonis Region 3Ralf-Peter Behrendt | pp. 201–214
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The visual unconscious: Perspectives from the Charles Bonnet SyndromeDominic H. ffytche | pp. 215–226
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Believing is hearing is believing: The reciprocal nature of consciousnessWilliam Sedley | pp. 227–238
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Dreaming as a physiological psychosis: Connecting states of consciousnessArmando D'Agostino, Ivan Limosani and Silvio Scarone | pp. 239–248
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Conscious awareness versus optimistic beliefs in recreational Ecstasy/MDMA usersAndrew Parrott | pp. 249–258
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Conscious and unconscious placebo responses: How the ritual of the therapeutic act changes the patient’s brainFabrizio Benedetti | pp. 259–268
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Section IV. Expanding boundaries
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The paradoxes of creativityAshish Ranpura and Mark F. Lythgoe | pp. 271–280
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Potential contributions of research on meditation to the neuroscience of consciousnessAntoine Lutz | pp. 281–288
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Self-induced altered states of consciousnessBangalore N. Gangadhar and Naren P. Rao | pp. 289–300
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Beyond the boundaries of the brainDean Radin | pp. 301–308
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Plants of the gods and shamanic journeysElaine K. Perry and Valerie Laws | pp. 309–324
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Index | pp. 325–330
“A fascinating cornucopia of new ideas, based on fundamentals of neurobiology, psychology, psychiatry and therapy, this book extends boundaries of current concepts of consciousness. Its eclectic mix will stimulate and challenge not only neuroscientists and psychologists but entice others interested in exploring consciousness.”
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Subjects
Consciousness Research
Psychology
Main BIC Subject
CFD: Psycholinguistics
Main BISAC Subject
PSY039000: PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General