States of Consciousness
Experimental Insights into Meditation, Waking, Sleep and Dreams
Editors: Cvetkovic, Dean, Cosic, Irena (Eds.)
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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)
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Introduction to States of Consciousness
Pages 1-27
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Disorders of Consciousness: Coma, Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States
Pages 29-55
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Codons of Consciousness: Neurological Characteristics of Ordinary and Pathological States of Consciousness
Pages 57-92
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Dream Consciousness and Sleep Physiology
Pages 93-108
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Dream Therapy: Correlation of Dream Contents with Encephalographic and Cardiovascular Activations
Pages 109-131
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- States of Consciousness
- Book Subtitle
- Experimental Insights into Meditation, Waking, Sleep and Dreams
- Editors
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- Dean Cvetkovic
- Irena Cosic
- Series Title
- The Frontiers Collection
- Copyright
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-642-18047-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-18047-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-18046-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-27086-4
- Series ISSN
- 1612-3018
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 282
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