Consciousness: Philosophical, Psychological, and Neural Theories seeks to respond to some of these questions, offering a wealth of information from which the reader can develop their own views of the subject. Taking a critical, thought-provoking approach, the book integrates studies from philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to capture the major themes on which our current understanding of consciousness is based.
Opening with a series of chapters that introduce us to thinking about mind, the book goes on to explore function and brain, examining such topics as functionalism,...

Developed from the invited review lectures delivered to the Workshop on Recovery of Function Following Brain Damage, held by the European Brain and Behaviour Society in London, April 1991. The 11 papers include discussions of nutritional factors, neural implants, and animal studies of hemidecorticat