Georg Northoff

From Brain Dynamics to the Mind (eBook, ePUB)

Spatiotemporal Neuroscience

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From Brain Dynamics to the Mind: Spatiotemporal Neuroscience explores how the self and consciousness is related to neural events. Sections in the book cover existing models used to describe the mind/brain problem, recent research on brain mechanisms and processes and what they tell us about the self, consciousness and psychiatric disorders. The book presents a spatiotemporal approach to understanding the brain and the implications for artificial intelligence, novel therapies for psychiatric disorders, and for ethical, societal and philosophical issues.

Pulling concepts from neuroscience, psychology and philosophy, the book presents a modern and complete look at what we know, what we can surmise, and what we may never know about the distinction between brain and mind.

• Reviews models of understanding the mind/brain problem
• Identifies neural processes involved in consciousness, sense of self and brain function
• Includes concepts and research from neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science and philosophy
• Discusses implications for AI, novel therapies for psychiatric disorders and issues of ethics
• Suggests experimental designs and data analyses for future research on the mind/brain issue

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128227398
• Artikelnr.: 70276193

Autorenporträt

Dr. Northoff is a neuroscientist and psychiatrist at the University of Ottawa. He has global outreach with world-wide collaborations and affiliations. The main focus of his research is on unravelling the connection of brain and mind, that is, how neuronal activity transforms into mental activity. He is world-wide known for his work on the neuroscience of self and consciousness, psychiatric disorders, and neurophilosophy. Additionally, he published several major books on major neuroscientific, psychiatric and neurophilosophical issues which have been translated into several languages.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I Brain dynamics Section 1 Variability of the brain 1. The fluctuating
brain-essentials of neural variability 2. Neural variability in rest and
task states 3. Neural variability shapes perception and cognition 4.
Neurodynamic mechanisms of neural variability Section 2 Scale-freeness of
the brain 5. From broccoli to the brain - Scale-free activity 6. From
scale-free activity to temporo-spatial nestedness 7. Scale-free dynamic
shapes perception and cognition 8. Scale-free activity - bridge between
environment and brain Section 3 Timescales of the brain 9. The brain's
inner time - intrinsic neural timescales 10. Intrinsic neural timescales
mediate input processing 11. From Chronos and Kairos to the brain's
temporal receptive windows 12. Lessons from geology - from the human brain
to artificial agents Section 4 Synchrony of the brain 13. Synchrony in
nature and brain 14. Entrainment - How the brain synchronizes with its
environment 15. Global synchronization in the brain 16. Neural
synchronization in fMRI and EEG/MEG - a methodological guide Part II
Dynamic layer model of brain Section 1 Dynamic layers and the brain 17.
Layers of the brain - An introduction 18. Background and foreground layers
I: Scale-free stability versus oscillatory flexibility 19. Background and
foreground layers II - nonlinear and asymmetric relationship Section 2 From
dynamic layers to cognition 20. Baseline model of cognition I: Distinction
from dual model of cognition 21. Baseline model of cognition II:
Spatiotemporal shaping of cognition and input processing 22. Dynamic
capacities and cognition Section 3 Dynamic layer model of brain vs other
models of brain 23. Cognitive model and predictive coding 24. Intrinsic and
inside-out models of brain 25. Brain and world - converging free energy
principle and dynamic layer theory of brain Part III Mind dynamics Section
1 The self 26. The self and its intrinsic topography 27. The dynamic of
self and its semantics 28. The self - psychological baseline or default
29. From icebergs to the self - point of view Section 2 Meditation 30.
Topographic reorganization model of meditation 31. Topographic
reorganization of the self 32. Dynamic reorganization of the brain Section
3 Dreams 33. From Salvador Dali to dreams - topographic reorganization
model of dreams 34. From falling keys to dreams - Dynamic reorganization
Section 4 Thoughts 35. How dynamics shape our thoughts 36. Baseline model
of thought Section 5 Consciousness 37. The jungle of consciousness -
current neuroscientific theories 38. Order in the jungle of consciousness -
convergence of theories 39. Temporo-spatial theory of consciousness I -
form and level/state 40. Temporo-spatial theory of consciousness (TTC) II:
Contents 41. From brain to consciousness - "common currency hypothesis?
Section 6 Autism 42. Dynamic shapes perception and behavior in autism 43.
Hierarchical model of autistic self