Consciousness and the social brain / Michael Graziano.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: ix, 268 pages ; 21 cmISBN:

9780190263195

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DDC classification:

153 23 GRA

Contents:

Part I. The theory : The magic trick -- Part II. Comparison to previous theories and results Introducing the theory -- Awareness as information -- Being aware versus knowing that you are aware -- The attention schema -- Illusions and myths -- Social attention -- How do I distinguish my awareness from yours? -- Some useful complexities -- Social theories of consciousness -- Consciousness as integrated information -- Neural correlates of consciousness -- Awareness and the machinery for social perception -- The neglect syndrome -- Multiple interlocking functions of the brain area TPJ -- Simulating other minds -- Some spiritual matters -- Explaining the magic trick.

Summary: "What is consciousness and how can a brain, a mere collection of neurons, create it? In Consciousness and the Social Brain, Princeton neuroscientist Michael Graziano lays out an audacious new theory to account for the deepest mystery of them all. The human brain has evolved a complex circuitry that allows it to be socially intelligent. This social machinery has only just begun to be studied in detail. One function of this circuitry is to attribute awareness to others: to compute that person Y is aware of thing X. In Graziano's theory, the machinery that attributes awareness to others also attributes it to oneself. Damage that machinery and you disrupt your own awareness. Graziano discusses the science, the evidence, the philosophy, and the surprising implications of this new theory."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Philosophy & psychology	Non-fiction	153 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33118

Originally published: 2013.

Formerly CIP.

Part I. The theory : The magic trick --
Part II. Comparison to previous theories and results Introducing the theory --
Awareness as information --
Being aware versus knowing that you are aware --
The attention schema --
Illusions and myths --
Social attention --
How do I distinguish my awareness from yours? --
Some useful complexities --
Social theories of consciousness --
Consciousness as integrated information --
Neural correlates of consciousness --

Awareness and the machinery for social perception --

The neglect syndrome --
Multiple interlocking functions of the brain area TPJ --
Simulating other minds --

Some spiritual matters --

Explaining the magic trick.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"What is consciousness and how can a brain, a mere collection of neurons, create it? In Consciousness and the Social Brain, Princeton neuroscientist Michael Graziano lays out an audacious new theory to account for the deepest mystery of them all. The human brain has evolved a complex circuitry that allows it to be socially intelligent. This social machinery has only just begun to be studied in detail. One function of this circuitry is to attribute awareness to others: to compute that person Y is aware of thing X. In Graziano's theory, the machinery that attributes awareness to others also attributes it to oneself. Damage that machinery and you disrupt your own awareness. Graziano discusses the science, the evidence, the philosophy, and the surprising implications of this new theory."

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