Brain, Mind and Consciousness: Advances in Neuroscience Research

Description

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. Brain, Mind and Consciousness: Advances in Neuroscience Research explores this new framework. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Brain Structures and Consciousness....Pages 1-15 Binding Problem of Consciousness....Pages 17-25 Consciousness and Functional Connectivity....Pages 27-48 The Binding Problem and the Dissociated Mind....Pages 49-69 The Unconscious Mind....Pages 71-87 Mind and Space....Pages 89-113 The Universe Within....Pages 115-131 Back Matter....Pages 133-142