Mind Time : : The Temporal Factor in Consciousness / / Benjamin Libet.

Our subjective inner life is what really matters to us as human beings--and yet we know relatively little about how it arises. Over a long and distinguished career Benjamin Libet has conducted experiments that have helped us see, in clear and concrete ways, how the brain produces conscious awareness...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2005
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Perspectives in Cognitive Neuroscience
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE QUESTION
  • 2 THE DELAY IN OUR CONSCIOUS SENSORY AWARENESS
  • 3 UNCONSCIOUS AND CONSCIOUS MENTAL FUNCTIONS
  • 4 INTENTION TO ACT: DO WE HAVE FREE WILL?
  • 5 CONSCIOUS MENTAL FIELD THEORY: EXPLAINING HOW THE MENTAL ARISES FROM THE PHYSICAL
  • 6 WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX