At any given moment, our brains are bombarded with enormous amounts
of information. External stimuli from the senses travel through our
eyes, nose, or skin, and internal reflections and imagery travel
from within. All these stimuli are processed in parallel and
compete with each other to become the one single percept which we
are aware of at a present moment. This book studies the ways by
which this competition is resolved in our brain, the mechanisms and
methods which allow the brain to select from this load of
information, and the process of selection of one thoughts to reach
our consciousness. The book describes various techniques used to
identify the stimuli which capture our attention and affect our
decisions, a variety of studies conducted in healthy subjects as
well as subjects with various neurological and psychiatric
disorders (autism; subject lacking the bridge connecting the two
hemispheres in our brain; a subject with no emotions, subjects who
cannot see faces, and patients undergoing brain surgery). The book
described the process of understand the ways by which we choose
'what to see' and 'what to become aware of' in the world.
General
Imprint: |
Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
2012 |
First published: |
2012 |
Authors: |
Moran Cerf
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
492 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-8443-0959-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Biology, life sciences >
General
|
LSN: |
3-8443-0959-4 |
Barcode: |
9783844309591 |
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