The neurology of consciousness : cognitive neuroscience and neuropathology
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The neurology of consciousness : cognitive neuroscience and neuropathology
Academic Press, 2009
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Understanding consciousness is the major unsolved problem in biology. One increasingly important method of studying consciousness is to study disorders of consciousness, e.g. brain damage and disease states leading to vegetative states, coma, minimally conscious states, etc. Many of these studies are very much in the public eye because of their relationship to controversies about coma patients (e.g. Terry Schiavo case in the US recently), and the relationship to one of the major philosophical, sociological, political, and religious questions of humankind.This is the first book to summarize our current understanding of the neuroanatomical and functional underpinnings of human consciousness by emphasizing a lesional approach offered via the study of neurological patients. The selected contributors are all outstanding authors and undisputed leaders in their field.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION: Giulio Tononi & Steven LaureysBASICS1. An overview of brain structures and their contribution to consciousness: Adam Zeman2. The neurological examination of consciousness: Hal Blumenfeld & Steven Laureys3. Evaluating consciousness by measuring brain function: PET, fMRI, EEG, ERP, MEG: Steven Laureys & Giulio Tononi4. Consciousness and neural synchronization: Wolf Singer5. Studying the neural correlates of visual consciousness: Geraint Rees6. Consciousness and attention: Christof KochWAKING, SLEEP AND ANESTHESIA7. Conscious resting states: Marcus Raichle8. Sleep and physiological alterations of consciousness: Giulio Tononi9. Waking and dreaming consciousness: Allan Hobson10. Sleepwalking and other dissociated states: Claudio Bassetti 11. General Anesthesia: Michael AlkireCOMA AND RELATED CONDITIONS12. Coma: Wijdicks13. Brain death: James Bernat14. Vegetative state: Adrian Owen & Steven Laureys15. Minimally conscious state: Joeseph Giacino & Nicholas Schiff16. Locked-in syndrome: Steven Laureys17. Dementia : to be defined18. Brain computer interfaces: Andrea Kubler19. Ethical issues: Joseph FinsSEIZURES, SPLITS, NEGLECTS, AND ASSORTED DISORDERS 20. Epileptic loss of consciousness: Hal Blumenfeld21. Split brain: Michael Gazzaniga22. Blindsight, agnosia, neglect and Capgras: Lionel Naccache23. Conversion disorders: Patrick Vuillemier24. Out of body experiences: Olaf Blanke25. Disturbances of conscious memory and the hippocampus: Susan Corkin26. Global amnesia: Adam Zeman27. Consciousness and aphasia : to be definedCLOSING THE CIRCLE: Giulio Tononi & Steven Laureys
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