Lawrence Weiskrantz

Consciousness Lost and Found

A Neuropsychological Exploration

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Produktbeschreibung

The phenomenon of 'consciousness' is intrinsically related to one's awareness of one's self, of time, and of the physical world. What, then, can be learned about consciousness from people who have suffered brain damage such as amnesia which affects their awareness? This is the question explored by Lawrence Weiskrantz, a distinguished neuropsychologist who has worked with such patients over 30 years. Written in an engaging and accessible style, Consciousness Lost and Found provides a unique perspective on one of the most challenging issues in science today.

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It has been discovered that many brain damaged individuals retain intact capacities in what is known as "covert" processing. A blind patient, then, may actually be able to "see" while an amnesiac patient can learn and retain information that he or she does not realize is memory. Weiskrantz uses his research into this phenomenon as a springboard toward a philosophical argument which, combined with the latest brain imaging studies, points the way to specific brain structures which may be involved in concious awareness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9780198524588
• ISBN-10: 0198524587
• Artikelnr.: 21989387

Autorenporträt

One of the century's most distinguished neuropsychologists, Lawrence Weiskrantz is a Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: The unseen and the unknown
3: Deficits, degradation, and dissociations
4: The "What?" of consciousness
5: Animal consciousness - the problem of "whether?"
6: The memory commentary is NOW
7: Attributes and possible pathways of residual visual capacity
8: The evolutionary "why"?
9: The question of "how?"
10: And so. . .
Appendix - Terminology