View from Within: First-Person Approaches to the Study of Consciousness

Book Overview

Over the last decade there has been a resurgence of interest in the scientific study of consciousness an area that has been largely ignored since the time of William James. This renaissance has primarily been stimulated by developments in PET, fMRI and other brain-scanning technology that enable scientists to pinpoint the neural correlates of conscious experience with ever-increasing accuracy. However, the study of conscious experience itself has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0907845258
• ISBN13: 9780907845256
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Imprint Academic (Ips)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.9"