The Ancient Origins of Consciousness : How the Brain Created Experience /

"How is consciousness created? When did it first appear on Earth, and how did it evolve? What constitutes consciousness, and which animals can be said to be sentient? In this book, Todd Feinberg and Jon Mallatt draw on recent scientific findings to answer these questions--and to tackle the most...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Feinberg, Todd E. (Auteur), Mallatt, Jon (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Consciousness.
Brain.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
brains.
Cerveau.
Conscience.
Brain
Consciousness
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The mystery of subjectivity
  • The general biological and special neurobiological features of conscious animals
  • The birth of brains
  • The Cambrian explosion
  • Consciousness gets a head start : vertebrate brains, vision, and the Cambrian birth of the mental image
  • Two-step evolution of sensory consciousness in vertebrates
  • Searching for sentience : feelings
  • Finding sentience
  • Does consciousness need a backbone?
  • Neurobiological naturalism : a consilience.

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