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.
- New chapters on the neuroanatomical basis of consciousness and short-term memory, and expanded coverage of comas and neuroethics, including the ethics of brain death
- The first comprehensive, authoritative collection to describe disorders of consciousness and how they are used to study and understand the neural correlates of conscious perception in humans.
- Includes both revised and new chapters from the top international researchers in the field, including Christof Koch, Marcus Raichle, Nicholas Schiff, Joseph Fins, and Michael Gazzaniga
Table of Contents: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
