The ravenous brain : how the new science of consciousness explains our insatiable search for meaning /
Bor, Daniel.
New York : Basic Books,
c2012.
A brash young neuroscientist presents his solution to biology's toughest question: what is consciousness?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conceptual conundrums of consciousness: philosophy -- A brief history of the brain: evolution and the science of thought -- The tip of the iceberg: unconscious contents -- The brain's experience of a rose: neuroscience of awareness -- Being bird-brained is not an insult: uncovering alien consciousness -- Living on the fragile edge of awareness: profound brain damage and disorders of consciousness -- Consciousness squeezed, stretched, and shrunk: mental illness as abnormal awareness.
A brash young neuroscientist presents his solution to biology's toughest question: what is consciousness?
Consciousness
Brain.
Mind and body.
Ravenous brain.