Consciousness

Consciousness, 'the last great mystery for science', has now become a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? Exciting new developments in brain science are opening up debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, ne...

Consciousness, 'the last great mystery for science', has now become a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? Exciting new developments in brain science are opening up debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This controversial book clarifies the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories using illustrations, lively cartoons, and experiments. Topics include vision and attention, theories of self and will, experiments on action and awareness, altered states of consciousness, and the effects of brain damage and drugs.

苏珊·布莱克莫尔，心理学家、自由撰稿人和大学讲师。曾在西英格兰大学任教，并编写过一本关于意识的本科生教材。她不仅发表了无数的科学论文和专著，同时也为好几份杂志和报纸撰稿，还经常在英国国内外的电台和电视台做客，出品了多档电视节目，包括在第四频道播出的关于类人猿智力的纪录片。二十多年来，她一直在修炼禅宗。其著作包括一部自传、《寻找光明》（1996）、《文化基因的机器》（1999）、《意识导论》（2003）以及《关于意识的对话》（2005）。