Cognition, Computation, and Consciousness

The Topic Of Consciousness Is Truly Multidisciplinary, Attracting Researchers And Theorists From Diverse Backgrounds. It Is Now Widely Accepted That Previously Disparate Areas All Have Contributions To Make To The Understanding Of The Nature Of Consciousness. Thus, We Now Have Computational Scientists, Neuroscientists, And Philosophers All Engaged In The Same Effort. This Book Illustrates These Three Approaches, With Chapters Provided By Some Of The Most Important And Provocative Figures In The Field. The First Section Is Concerned With Philosophical Approaches To Consciousness. One Of The Fundamental Issues Here Is That Of Subjective Feeling Or Qualia. The Second Section Focuses On Approaches From Cognitive Neuroscience. Patients With Different Types Of Neurological Problems, And New Imaging Techniques, Provide Rich Sources Of Data For Studying How Consciousness Relates To Brain Function. The Third Section Includes Computational Approaches Looking At The Quantitative Relationship Between Brain Processes And Conscious Experience. Cognition, Computation, And Consciousness Represents A Uniquely Integrated And Current Account Of This Most Fascinating And Intractable Subject. Consciousness : A Philosophical Tour / Owen Flanagan And Güven Güzeldere -- Consciousness In Human And Robot Minds / Daniel C. Dennett -- Consciousness And The Mind-body Problem / Junichi Murata -- Understanding Consciousness : The Case Of Sleep And Dreams / Owen Flanagan -- Why Can't I Control My Brain? Aspects Of Conscious Experience / Michael S. Gazzaniga -- Brain Mechanisms Of Vision, Memory, And Consciousness / Edmund T. Rolls -- Single Neurons, Communal Goals, And Consciousness / Horace Barlow -- Automaticity : From Reflective To Reflexive Information Processing In The Human Brain / Marcus E. Raichle -- Neuronal Origin Of Visual Imagery / Yasushi Miyashita -- Awareness Of Memory Deficit / Hirotaka Tanabe -- Body Awareness And Its Disorders / Atsushi Yamadori -- Language, Spatial Cognition, And The Brain / Ursula Bellugi And Edward S. Klima -- The Coherence Definition Of Consciousness / Christoph Von Der Malsberg -- Neurodynamics And Brain Mechanisms / Jack D. Cowan -- Bidirectional Theory Approach To Consciousness / Mitsuo Kawato -- The Computational Role Of Conscious Processing In A Model Of Semantic Memory / R. Lauro-grotto, S. Reich, And M.a. Virasoro. Edited By Masao Ito, Yasushi Miyashita, And Edmund T. Rolls. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.