Consciousness and the Brain, Stanislas Dehaene
Consciousness and the Brain, Stanislas Dehaene
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Consciousness and the Brain
Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts

Author: Stanislas Dehaene

Narrator: David Drummond

Unabridged: 11 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/30/2014


Synopsis

How does the brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before.

In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the pioneering work his lab and the labs of other cognitive neuroscientists worldwide have accomplished in defining, testing, and explaining the brain events behind a conscious state. We can now pin down the neurons that fire when a person reports becoming aware of a piece of information and understand the crucial role unconscious computations play in how we make decisions. The emerging theory enables a test of consciousness in animals, babies, and those with severe brain injuries.

A joyous exploration of the mind and its thrilling complexities, Consciousness and the Brain will excite anyone who is interested in cutting-edge science and technology and the vast philosophical, personal, and ethical implications of finally quantifying consciousness.

About Stanislas Dehaene

Stanislas Dehaene is the director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit in Saclay, France, and a professor of experimental cognitive psychology at the College de France. He is the author of Reading in the Brain.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on October 16, 2014

This book is a truly fascinating exploration of the biological foundation of consciousness. Stanislas Dehaene is an active researcher in the field. He makes a compelling argument that consciousness can be explained in terms of his "global neuronal workspace theory". In this theory, consciousness mea......more

Goodreads review by David on February 09, 2018

Manages to be fascinating, boring and disturbing all at once. Consciousness is a fascinating metaphysical concept. Linguistic even. Dehaene is reporting on a significant volume of psychological research related to testing and evaluation of consciousness from a scientific perspective. The details and......more

Goodreads review by Chris on February 19, 2016

Now here is how to write "popular" science for the intelligent reader, one who is not necessarily expert in the particular subject, but who nevertheless has his own technical or scientific background. Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts is most definitely not a......more

Goodreads review by Emre on November 06, 2022

Bilinci yaratan mekanizmalar ancak bu kadar iyi anlatılabilir:)......more

Goodreads review by Mani on April 04, 2014

The most comprehensive review of consciousness research from the clinical applications in coma and minimal consciousness conditions to attentional blindness, masking, subliminal priming. Everything is covered in this book. The author came up with the global neuronal workspace model of consciousness.......more