The astonishing hypothesis : the scientific search for the soul /

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

The astonishing hypothesis : the scientific search for the soul / Francis Crick. - xiv, 317 pages ; 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- General nature of consciousness -- Seeing -- Psychology of vision -- Attention and memory -- Perceptual moment: theories of vision -- Human brain in outline -- Neuron -- Types of experiment -- Primate visual system -initial stages -- Visual cortex of primates -- Brain damage -- Neural networks -- Visual awareness -- Some experiments -- Mainly speculation -- Oscillations and processing units -- Dr. Crick's Sunday morning service.

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Consciousness.
Mind and body
Visual perception.
Neural circuitry

BF311 / .C75 1995

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