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The Neurology of Consciousness: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropathology

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Edited by Steven Laureys and Giulio Tononi

The first major book on the Neurology of Consciousness, i.e. on the study of brain damages and disease states that lead to varying levels of disturbances in human consciousness (vegetative, coma, minimally conscious states, etc).

- Structured, illustrated, and priced to be attractive to a wide market, including students in Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychology, Psychiatry.

- Articles from the main researchers in the field, including Christof Koch, Marcus Raichle, Allan Hobson, Nicholas Schiff, Joseph Fins, Michael Gazzaniga, Lionel Naccache.

- Unique and comprehensive in its focus.

- Of great interest in the ethical discussion of coma cases, includes a chapter on the ethics by JJ Fins.

- Of great interest to anybody thinking about consciousness as one of the major philosophical, sociological, political, and religious questions of our time.

"An outstandingly unique book reassembling the most recent data of the rising science of consciousness." - Jean-Pierre Changeux, College de France.


HB 9780123741684
£49.99

October 2008
Elsevier / Academic Press

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