01817cam a2200289 i 4500 346010747 TxAuBib 20180518120000.0 180213s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780198794738 11.95 0198794738 11.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda Blackmore, Susan. Consciousness [BOOK] : a very short introduction / Susan Blackmore. Second edition. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018. xvi, 146 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Very short introductions ; 121 Includes bibliography and index. Consciousness, "the last great mystery for science," remains a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? Exciting new developments in brain science are continuing the debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This controversial book clarifies the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories, whilst also outlining the amazing pace of discoveries in neuroscience. Covering areas such as the construction of self in the brain, mechanisms of attention, the neural correlates of consciousness, and the physiology of altered states of consciousness, Susan Blackmore highlights our latest findings. Provided by publisher. 20180518. Consciousness. Very short introductions ; 121.