The brain's representational power : on consciousness and the integration of modalities /

Pennartz, Cyriel M. A., 1963-

The brain's representational power : on consciousness and the integration of modalities / Cyriel M.A. Pennartz. - Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xi, 382 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Building representations with neurons and spikes -- Peeling off our conscious lives -- What neural network models can and cannot explain about cognition -- Networks and the problem of panpsychism -- Structure and function of brain systems for conscious and non-conscious representation -- Same brain, different states : waking, sleeping and anesthesia -- Requirements for conscious representations -- Neural mechanisms for conscious representations -- Levels of representational organization -- Philosophical and future perspectives.



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Neural circuitry.
Neurosciences.
Cognition.
Cognitive science.
Memory.


Electronic Books.

QP363 / .B735 2015