Title |
How the self controls its brain / John C. Eccles. |
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Publication Info. |
Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1994] |
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©1994 |
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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location
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128 E17H |
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Description |
xvi, 197 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Problem -- Dualist-interactionism: my story -- Recent theoretical studies on the mind-brain problem -- New light on the mind-brain problem: how mental events could influence neural events -- Do mental events cause neural events analogously to the probability fields of quantum mechanics? -- Unitary hypothesis of mind-brain interaction in the cerebral cortex -- Evolution of |
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consciousness -- Evolution of complexity of the brain with the emergence of consciousness -- Quantum aspects of brain activity and the role of consciousness / F. Beck and J.C. Eccles -- Self and its brain: the ultimate synthesis. |
Subject |
Mind-brain identity theory -- Controversial literature.
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Psychophysiology.
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Consciousness -- physiology.
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ISBN |
3540562907 (Berlin : acid-free paper) |
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0387562907 (New York : acid-free paper) |
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