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Perception, Consciousness, Memory

Reflections of a Biologist

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  1. G. Ádám

    1. Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-11
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  2. Perception-information uptake of the mind

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      Pages 13-16
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    2. The biology of perception

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      Pages 17-46

    3. Perception of electromagnetic waves: vision

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      Pages 47-73

    4. Perception of mechanical vibrations: hearing

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      Pages 74-82

    5. Perception of the mechanics of body position

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      Pages 83-93

    6. Senses of indefinite classification: cutaneous and chemical receptors

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      Pages 94-103

    7. Interoception —sensory function without perception

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      Pages 104-113

  3. The energetics of mental processes: the waking state, sleep, attention, and consciousness

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      Pages 115-118
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    2. Alert neurons in the brain: waking and attention

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      Pages 119-135

    3. The sleeping brain

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      Pages 136-146

    4. The conscious state and the unconscious

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      Pages 147-166

  4. The experience of the mind: learning and memory

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      Pages 167-170
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    2. Contiguity of cerebral processes: learning

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      Pages 171-192

    3. The other aspect of cerebral plasticity: the fixing and storing of information

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      Pages 193-215

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 217-229
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About this book

The interdisciplinary approach so popular today is more than a matter of fashion. It is, in fact, a reflection of the recognition that a good many areas once considered ade­ quately treated by one or the other of the traditional disciplines straddle the boundaries of several. Interdisciplinary research then is, by definition, a coop­ erative venture by several autonomous branches of science into areas incompletely accessible to anyone of them. By stimulating cooperation among several related disciplines, such research may serve to enrich each of them; but, on the other hand, the existence of these border areas occa­ sionally serves as Ii, pretext for postponing the solution of seemingly insurmountable problems. Brain research seems to have become such a border area of science. The fortress of classical psychology is being assaulted before our very eyes, its peripheral and even its more integral areas being invaded by physiology, morphol­ ogy, physics, and chemistry. Neurophysiology, too, has ceased to be an autonomous and self-governing field, and has come increasingly to rely on the help proffered by gen­ eral psychology, epistemology, and logic, as well as exact sciences such as mathematics and physics. These border assaults have undoubtedly been beneficial for all involved. 9 Within the traditional boundaries of their stuffy principles most classical disciplines are today facing a methodological and epistemological crisis. The breaching of their walls may at least hold out some hope of a renaissance.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

    G. Ádám

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Perception, Consciousness, Memory

  • Book Subtitle: Reflections of a Biologist

  • Authors: G. Ádám

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2073-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2075-3Published: 19 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2073-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 230

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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