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Sommerhoff, Gerd

Understanding consciousness : its function and brain processes / Gerd Sommerhoff. - London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2000. - 1 online resource (xiii, 186 pages) : illustrations -

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index.

Consciousness explained in simple functional terms. A methodical biological approach and its conclusions -- Awareness of the surrounding world -- Awareness of the self as an entity and of one's thoughts and feelings -- A closer look at the four main propositions -- Questions and answers. The fabric of the underlying brain processes. The RWM -- Acquired expectancies -- Imaginative representations -- Where does consciousness reside in the brain?

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Gerd Sommerhoff clarifies the main concepts related to consciousness and proposes a new and strikingly simple biological explanation for this mysterious phenomenon.


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ISBN: 9780857026491 (electronic bk.) 0857026496 (electronic bk.) 0761967745 9780761967743 9781446220177 (ebook) 1446220176 (ebook) (pbk.) (pbk.) 1282623346 9781282623347 9786612623349 6612623349

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LCCN: 2001267952

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Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 017550806 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Consciousness--Physiological aspects.
Neuropsychology.
Consciousness.
Awareness--physiology
Consciousness--physiology
Brain--physiology
Consciousness
Conscience--Aspect physiologique.
Conscience.
SCIENCE--Cognitive Science.
PSYCHOLOGY--Cognitive Psychology.
Consciousness.
Consciousness--Physiological aspects.
Neuropsychology.
Bewusstsein
Kognitiver Prozess
Physiologische Psychologie
Bewustzijn.
Hersenfuncties.
Bewusstsein--Gehirn.
Gehirn--Bewusstsein.
Bewusstsein--Neuropsychologie.
Bewusstsein--Kognition--Neuropsychologie.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BF311 / .S657 2000eb

Dewey Class. No.: 153

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2001 F-739 BF 311 / S697u 2000