The Neurology of Consciousness

Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropathology
2. Revised Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-12-800948-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 222 mm x 282 mm, Gewicht: 1571 g

The second edition of The Neurology of Consciousness is a comprehensive update of this ground-breaking work on human consciousness, the first book in this area to summarize the neuroanatomical and functional underpinnings of consciousness by emphasizing a lesional approach offered by the study of neurological patients. Since the publication of the first edition in 2009, new methodologies have made consciousness much more accessible scientifically, and, in particular, the study of disorders, disruptions, and disturbances of consciousness has added tremendously to our understanding of the biological basis of human consciousness. The publication of a new edition is both critical and timely for continued understanding of the field of consciousness.

In this critical and timely update, revised and new contributions by internationally renowned researchers-edited by the leaders in the field of consciousness research-provide a unique and comprehensive focus on human consciousness. The new edition of The Neurobiology of Consciousness will continue to be an indispensable resource for researchers and students working on the cognitive neuroscience of consciousness and related disorders, as well as for neuroscientists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and neurologists contemplating consciousness as one of the philosophical, ethical, sociological, political, and religious questions of our time.

Zielgruppe

Researchers, clinicians, and graduate students in cognitive neuroscience, cognitive neurology, neuroscience, translational neuroscience, neurology, and neuropsychology, as well as cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, and psychiatry

Autoren/Hrsg.

Laureys, Steven

Gosseries, Olivia

Tononi, Giulio

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Basics
1. Neuroanatomical and basis of consciousness Hal Blumenfeld
2. Functional Neuroimaging and Electrophysiology Marcello Massimini and Olivia Gosseries

3. Consciousness and Synchronization Andreas Engel and Pascal Fries

4. Studying the Neural Correlates of Visual Consciousness Geraint Rees
5. Consciousness and Attention Naotsugu Tsuchiya and Christof Koch

Section 2: Waking, Sleep, and Anesthesia
6. Intrinsic Brain Activity and Consciousness Athena Demertzi
7. Sleep and Dreaming Francesca Siclari and Giulio Tononi

8. Focal Brain Lesions and Disturbances of Consciousness Claudio L. Bassetti
9. General Anesthesia George Mashour

Section 3: Coma and Related Conditions
10. Coma and Vegetative State Adrian M. Owen, Steven Laureys and Nicholas Schiff

11. Minimally Conscious State Caroline Schnakers and Joseph Giacino

12. Locked-in Syndrome Steven Laureys
13. Dementia Pietro Pietrini, Eric Salmon and Paul Nichelli

14. Brain Computer Interfaces Andrea Kübler and Donatella Mattia

15. Neuroethics Joseph Fins

Section 4: Seizures, Splits, Neglects, and Assorted Disorders

16. Epileptic Loss of Consciousness Hal Blumenfeld
17. Split Brain Michael Gazzaniga and Michael Miller

18. Blindsight, Agnosia, Neglect and Capgras Lionel Naccache
19. Conversion Disorders Patrik Vuilleumier
20. Out of Body and Near Death Experiences Olaf Blanke
21. Memory Bradley R. Postle
22. Transient Global Amnesia Chris Butler and Adam Zeman

23. Aphasia and Consciousness Paolo Frigio Nichelli
24. Blindness and Consciousness Ron Kupers and Pietro Pietrini

25. Overview Steven Laureys, Giulio Tononi and Olivia Gosseries

Über Autor(innen)

Gosseries, Olivia
Olivia Gosseries, PhD, is currently doing a post-doctoral research at the University of Madison at the Center for Sleep and Consciousness of Pr Tononi and Postle Laboratory of Pr Postle. She is working on consciousness and working memory using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). She received her Ph.D. in biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences at the Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Centre, University of Liège in Belgium under the menthorship of Pr Laureys. She worked on the development of markers of consciousness to improve diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of patients with disorders of consciousness. Her work has led to more than 50 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and she recently received the Young Investigator Award from the International Brain Injury Association.

Tononi, Giulio
Giulio Tononi, MD PhD is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He is the director of the Center for Sleep and Consciousness at the University of Wisconsin, which focuses on the function of sleep and the nature of consciousness. Together with his collaborators, he has been developing and testing a comprehensive hypothesis on the function of sleep, the synaptic homeostasis hypothesis. Research on consciousness has led to the integrated information theory, which tries to account for what consciousness is, how it can be measured, and how it is realized in the brain.He received the NIH Director's Pioneer Award, the John W. Severinghaus Award, the Pisa Sleep Award and he holds the David P. White Chair in Sleep Medicine, as well as a Distinguished Professor in Consciousness Science.