| Atoms of Mind: The Ghost in the Machine Materializes Contributor(s): Klemm, W. R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9400710968 ISBN-13: 9789400710962 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Neuroscience - Medical | Neurology |
| Dewey: 616.8 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.61" W x 9.41" (1.48 lbs) 376 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book describes the author's view of how the mind "thinks" at various levels of operation. These levels include nonconscious mind (as in spinal/brainstem reflexes and neuroendocrine controls), subconscious mind, and conscious mind. In the attempt to explain conscious mind, there is considerable critique of arguments over whether or not free will is an illusion. Finally, the author summarizes current leading theories for consciousness (Bayesian probability, chaos, and quantum mechanics) and then presents his own theory based on patterns of nerve impulses in circuits that are interlaced coherently into larger networks. |