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Brain, Mind and Consciousness

Advances in Neuroscience Research

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  • Provides neuroscientists and psychologists with an alternative conceptual framework for describing neural processes.

  • First competitive book focused on the issue of consciousness in connection with theory of chaos, complexity, dissociation, and relativity

  • Develops the problem of consciousness briefly discussed at the end of the author’s previous book Brain and Dissociated Mind, with a focus on the issue of consciousness in connection with dissociation theory, complexity theory, and other physical theories

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Binding Problem of Consciousness

    • Petr Bob
    Pages 17-25
  3. The Unconscious Mind

    • Petr Bob
    Pages 71-87
  4. Mind and Space

    • Petr Bob
    Pages 89-113
  5. The Universe Within

    • Petr Bob
    Pages 115-131
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 133-142

About this book

Neuropsychological research on the neural basis of behavior generally asserts that brain mechanisms ultimately suffice to explain all psychologically described phenomena. This assumption stems from the idea that the brain consists entirely of material particles and fields, and that all causal mechanisms relevant to neuroscience can be formulated solely in terms of properties of these elements. Contemporary basic physical theory differs from classic physics on the important matter of how consciousness of human agents enters into the structure of empirical phenomena. The new principles contradict the older idea that local mechanical processes alone account for the structure of all empirical data. Contemporary physical theory brings directly into the overall causal structure certain psychologically described choices made by human agents about how they will act. This key development in basic physical theory is applicable to neuroscience. This book explores this new framework.

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Psychiatry, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

    Petr Bob

About the author

Petr Bob, Ph.D. is a researcher in psychology and neuroscience at the Center for Neuropsychiatric Research of Traumatic Stress in the Department of Psychiatry at Charles University, Prague. He is the author of recently published book Brain and Dissociated Mind (Nova Science, 2009) and has published numerous articles in prominent medical and neuroscience journals.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Brain, Mind and Consciousness

  • Book Subtitle: Advances in Neuroscience Research

  • Authors: Petr Bob

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0436-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-0435-4Published: 26 September 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9382-3Published: 01 October 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-0436-1Published: 25 September 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 142

  • Topics: Neuropsychology, Psychiatry, Neurosciences

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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