Trevor A. Harley (University of Dundee)

The Science of Consciousness

Waking, Sleeping and Dreaming

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This introductory text examines the psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience of consciousness, emphasizing the strengths of a scientific approach to studying the mind. It surveys the full range of altered states of consciousness including sleep and dreams, hypnotic and meditative states, anesthesia, and drug-induced states.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 200mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1188g
• ISBN-13: 9781107563308
• ISBN-10: 1107563305
• Artikelnr.: 60688130

Autorenporträt

Trevor A. Harley is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Dundee and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He is the author of The Psychology of Language, 4th edition (2013), Talking the Talk, 2nd edition (2017) and The Psychology of Weather (2018). He is very widely published across psychology, including papers on consciousness and dreams, and has kept a detailed dream diary for several years. He is always wondering what his poodle Beau is thinking about.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. The Nature of Consciousness: 1. The Problem of Consciousness
2. The Mind-Body Problem
3. Do We Have Free Will?
4. Machine Consciousness
5. Animal Consciousness
Part II. The Workings of Consciousness: 6. Looking at our Own Minds
7. Self and Identity
8. Cognition and Consciousness
9. Perception and Consciousness
10. Consciousness and the Brain
Part III. Other States of Consciousness: 11. Altered States of Consciousness
12. Sleep
13. Dreams
14. Hypnosis
15. Drugs and Consciousness
16. Meditation and Transcendental Experiences
17. Parapsychology
18. Bringing it all Together
Glossaries
List of Abbreviations
References
Index.