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Brain, Mind and Consciousness: Advances in Neuroscience Research

By Petr Bob (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2011
ISBN
9781461404361, 1461404363, 1283353016, 9781283353014
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4614-0436-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3411901 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
142\151
Topic
Psychology
Library
usenet tech
Time added
2013-03-30 20:00:00
Neuropsychology; Psychiatry; Neurosciences

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.

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