"This ground-breaking book explores crucial mechanisms that enable us process information in ways sensitive to context. A tour de force that spans cellular foundations and systems-level neuroscience, reaching all the way to conceptual issues concerning consciousness, emotion, language, and more. "
Professor Williams A. Phillips began his career as a Research Fellow at the University of Sussex from 1967 to 1971. He was a Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer at the University of Stirling from 1971 to 1992 before becoming a Professor in 1992. He was also a Fellow of the Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies from 2006 until 2013, specializing in theoretical neuroscience. Since 2003, he has been a Professor Emeritus at the University of Stirling.