E-Book, Englisch, Band 1793, 158 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Penfield The Mystery of the Mind
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6873-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
A Critical Study of Consciousness and the Human Brain
E-Book, Englisch, Band 1793, 158 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6873-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
A classic account of the relationship between the human brain and the human mind
Can the mind be explained by what we know about the brain? Is a person’s being determined by their body alone or by their mind and body as separate elements? In this incisive and engaging book, Wilder Penfield, whose work pioneered such research, shares insights into these and other questions, providing an in-depth look at the function of the brain and its relationship to the action of the mind. With a foreword by Charles W. Hendel, an introduction by William Feindel, and reflections by Sir Charles Symonds, The Mystery of the Mind is Penfield’s compelling personal account of his experiences as a neurosurgeon and scientist observing the inner workings of the brain in conscious patients.
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Frontmatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Preface, pg. ix
Foreword, pg. xvii
Introduction, pg. xxiv
1. Sherringtonian Alternatives—Two Fundamental Elements or Only One?, pg. 1
2. To Consciousness the Brain Is Messenger, pg. 7
3. Neuronal Action within the Brain, pg. 11
4. Sensory and Voluntary-Motor Organization, pg. 14
5. The Indispensable Substratum of Consciousness, pg. 18
6. The Stream of Consciousness Electrically Reactivated, pg. 21
7. Physiological Interpretation of an Epileptic Seizure, pg. 28
8. An Early Conception of Memory Mechanisms — And a Late Conclusion, pg. 31
9. The Interpretive Cortex, pg. 34
10. An Automatic Sensory-Motor Mechanism, pg. 37
11. Centrencephalic Integration and Coordination, pg. 44
12. The Highest Brain-Mechanism, pg. 46
13. The Stream of Consciousness, pg. 49
14. Introspection by Patient and Surgeon, pg. 51
15. Doubling of Awareness, pg. 55
16. Brain as Computer, Mind as Programmer, pg. 57
17. What the Automatic Mechanism Can Do, pg. 60
18. Recapitulation, pg. 62
19. Relationship of Mind to Brain—A Case Example, pg. 67
20. Man's Being—A Choice Between Two Explanations, pg. 73
21. Comprehensibility, pg. 83
Reflections, pg. 91
Afterthoughts by the Author, pg. 102
Bibliography, pg. 116
Index, pg. 119
