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States of Consciousness

Experimental Insights into Meditation, Waking, Sleep and Dreams

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Dean Cvetkovic

    1. School of Electrical, and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

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  2. Irena Cosic

    1. Portfolio Science, Engineering &, Technology, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Explains the neuronal phenomenology of various states of consciousness
  • Shows how new technology is helping to yield major advances
  • Written by a team of foremost international experts
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: The Frontiers Collection (FRONTCOLL)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction to States of Consciousness

    • Dean Cvetkovic
    Pages 1-27

  3. Disorders of Consciousness: Coma, Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States

    • Olivia Gosseries, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Marie-Aurélie Bruno, Athena Demertzi, Caroline Schnakers, Mélanie M. Boly et al.
    Pages 29-55

  4. Codons of Consciousness: Neurological Characteristics of Ordinary and Pathological States of Consciousness

    • Gerard A. Kennedy
    Pages 57-92

  5. Dream Consciousness and Sleep Physiology

    • Michael Schredl, Daniel Erlacher
    Pages 93-108

  6. Dream Therapy: Correlation of Dream Contents with Encephalographic and Cardiovascular Activations

    • Agostinho C. da Rosa, João P. Matos Rodrigues
    Pages 109-131

  7. The Substrate That Dreams Are Made On: An Evaluation of Current Neurobiological Theories of Dreaming

    • Janette L. Dawson, Russell Conduit
    Pages 133-156

  8. Sleep Onset Process as an Altered State of Consciousness

    • Dean Cvetkovic, Irena Cosic
    Pages 157-185

  9. Brain Rate as an Indicator of the Level of Consciousness

    • Nada Pop-Jordanova
    Pages 187-201

  10. On Physiological Bases of States of Expanded Consciousness

    • Emil Jovanov
    Pages 203-221

  11. States of Consciousness Beyond Waking, Dreaming and Sleeping: Perspectives from Research on Meditation Experiences

    • Frederick Travis
    Pages 223-234

  12. Ethno Therapy, Music and Trance: An EEG Investigation into a Sound-Trance Induction

    • Jörg Fachner, Sabine Rittner
    Pages 235-256

  13. States of Consciousness Redefined as Patterns of Phenomenal Properties: An Experimental Application

    • Adam J. Rock, Stanley Krippner
    Pages 257-272

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 273-280
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About this book

In this accessible overview of current knowledge, an expert team of editors and authors describe experimental approaches to consciousness. These approaches are shedding light on some of the hitherto unknown aspects of the distinct states of human consciousness, including the waking state, different states of sleep and dreaming, meditation and more. The book presents the latest research studies by the contributing authors, whose specialities span neuroscience, neurology, biomedical engineering, clinical psychology and psychophysiology, psychosocial medicine and anthropology. Overall this anthology provides the reader with a clear picture of how different states of consciousness can be defined, experimentally measured and analysed. A future byproduct of this knowledge may be anticipated in the development of systematic corrective treatments for many disorders and pathological problems of consciousness.

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“This collection of research studies the intricate nature of human consciousness, focusing on the waking state; the different stages of sleep; dreaming; and meditation. This comprehensive reference proves vital to the work of neuroscientists, neurologists, biomedical engineers and clinical psychologists, in addition to religious, philosophical and educational professionals.” (The Electric Review, October, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Electrical, and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Dean Cvetkovic

  • Portfolio Science, Engineering &, Technology, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Irena Cosic

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