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Better Than One : How We Each Have Two Minds.
Starting with research by Nobel laureate Roger Sperry into split-brain patients, this book sets out the evidence that there is a conscious mind in each hemisphere of the human brain. Two forms of consciousness are distinguished, and the difference in the consciousness of each mind revealed. The two...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Karnac Books,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- COVER; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PART I THE BACKGROUND; CHAPTER ONE The case outlined; CHAPTER TWO The human brain; CHAPTER THREE What is mind?; CHAPTER FOUR Consciousness; CHAPTER FIVE Language; CHAPTER SIX The two visual pathways; CHAPTER SEVEN Memory; PART II THE EVIDENCE; CHAPTER EIGHT Split-brain evidence for two minds; CHAPTER NINE Differences in visual processing; CHAPTER TEN Some questions answered; CHAPTER ELEVEN Some experimental evidence; CHAPTER TWELVE Divided memories/divided attention; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Consciousness and sleep.
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Mind and emotionCHAPTER FIFTEEN Self-deception; PART III REFLECTIONS; CHAPTER SIXTEEN Why is split-brain data ignored?; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Why minds and not systems?; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN What makes a person?; CHAPTER NINETEEN A confusion of dichotomies; CHAPTER TWENTY Why is consciousness confusing?; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Consciousness, aware ness, and attention; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Where now?; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX.