Consciousness by J Allan Hobson

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This volume presents a critical overview of current conceptions of conciousness, relating it to specific areas of the brain and their chemical and physical states. It charts the various states of waking, dreaming and non-conciousness using theories of neuroscience, psychiatry and neurophysiology.

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Consciousness by J Allan Hobson

Hobson presents a critical overview of current conceptions of consciousness, relating it to specific areas of the brain and their chemical and physical states. He charts the various states of waking, dreaming and non-consciousness using the theories and data of neuroscience, psychiatry and neurophysiology, whilst imaginatively conveying the mysterious and seductive nature of his subject.

J.Allan Hobson is a Harvard Medical School Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry. He is the author of The Dreaming Brain: How the Brain Makes Both the Sense and Nonsense of Dreams (MIT Press, 1999), Dreaming as Delirium: How the Brain Loses Its Mind (MIT Press, 1999), The Dream Drugstore: Chemically Altered States of Consciousness (MIT Press, 1999, 2001), and other books.

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ISBN 13	9780716750789
ISBN 10	0716750783
Title	Consciousness
Author	J Allan Hobson
Series	"Scientific American" Library
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	W.h. Freeman And Company
Year published	1998-12-15
Number of pages	269
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