Atoms of Mind

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. The Quest

   • W. R. Klemm

   Pages 1-17

3. Thinking About Thinking

   • W. R. Klemm

   Pages 19-62

4. Kinds of Thought

   • W. R. Klemm

   Pages 63-99

5. Carriers and Repositories of Thought

   • W. R. Klemm

   Pages 101-155

6. Examples of Specific Ways of Thinking

   • W. R. Klemm

   Pages 157-170

7. Global Interactions

   • W. R. Klemm

   Pages 171-221

8. On the Nature of Consciousness

   • W. R. Klemm

   Pages 223-282

9. Theories of Consciousness

   • W. R. Klemm

   Pages 283-341

10. Conclusions

    • W. R. Klemm

    Pages 343-346

11. Back Matter

    Pages 347-355

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This book describes the author’s view of how the mind “thinks” at various levels of operation. These levels include nonconscious mind (as in spinal/brainstem reflexes and neuroendocrine controls), subconscious mind, and conscious mind. In the attempt to explain conscious mind, there is considerable critique of arguments over whether or not free will is an illusion. Finally, the author summarizes current leading theories for consciousness (Bayesian probability, chaos, and quantum mechanics) and then presents his own theory based on patterns of nerve impulses in circuits that are interlaced coherently into larger networks.

• Circuit Impulse Pattern Theory
• Free Will and Personal Responsibility
• Mind-brain Enigma
• The Nature of Consciousness
• Theory of Thought

• College of Veterinary Medicine and Biome, College Station, USA

  W.R. Klemm

Dr. W. R. (Bill) Klemm, a Professor of Neuroscience at Texas A&M University, is a brain researcher who has written ten books on brain and behavior. His analyses are esteemed by journal editors who have called on him to serve on the Editorial Boards of eleven scholarly journals and to peer-review on the order of a thousand papers for over 55 research journals. His breadth of neuroscience research experience serves him well in addressing such complex issues of how brains think. His 425+ scholarly papers include works on over a dozen neuroscience areas, such as neuronal membrane biochemistry, brainstem mechanisms of arousal and movement inhibition, spike-train interval coding, alcohol and narcotic mechanisms, learning/memory, hormone action on the nervous system, pheromones and behavior, sleep physiology, anesthesiology, animal and human electroencephalography, and human cognition.

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