Life of Brain
eBook - ePub
Available until 4 Feb |Learn more

Life of Brain

The Nature and Origins of Conscious Experience

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 4 Feb |Learn more

Life of Brain

The Nature and Origins of Conscious Experience

About this book

This book is about everything that goes on in your conscious experience: sensations, perceptions, feelings, thoughts, imagination, plans, expectations. It's also about your conscious experience of self, the sense that there is a YOU behind everything, a YOU that is having all these experiences, a YOU that seems to control all those activities of the mind. Some of the questions it explores: - What is conscious experience? - How did it evolve? - Why did it evolve? - How does it develop in the young child? - What can we do with it? - Why might it cause us problems? - Why is it still a mystery? This book is NOT about the neurological landscape and its functions studied by the neuroscientist armed with the latest fMRI technology (which incidentally measures brain activity indirectly through the flow of blood in response to different tasks). You don't have to know brain anatomy, you don't have to tell your hippocampus from your hypothalamus. This book will be of interest to YOU if you have ever wondered about the nature of conscious experience and the workings of your own consciousness. It may well tell you more about YOU than any other book you have ever read. Students of psychology, philosophy and evolution will find it of particular relevance to their areas of inquiry.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access Life of Brain by Ray Fuller in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Educational Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. About the Author
  3. Dedication
  4. Copyright Information ©
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Preface
  7. Brief Outline of the Book
  8. Chapter 1 Consciousness and the Brain
  9. Chapter 2 Evolution and Your Brain’s Goals in Life
  10. Chapter 3 Sensory Events and Emotions
  11. Chapter 4 The Construction of an Internal Representation of the Nature of the World ‘Out There’
  12. Chapter 5 Construction of the Self
  13. Chapter 6 Language and Thinking
  14. Chapter 7 The Development of Consciousness in the Child
  15. Chapter 8 The Evolution of Consciousness: Some Preliminary Considerations
  16. Chapter 9 The Evolution of Consciousness: From Fish to Apes
  17. Chapter 10 From Pre-Human Evolutionary Experiments to Homo Sapiens
  18. Chapter 11 The Role of Language in Consciousness – Our Doing and Our Possible Undoing
  19. Chapter 12 What Determines the Content of Consciousness?
  20. Chapter 13 Some Outstanding Questions in Relation to Our Understanding of Consciousness
  21. Chapter 14 Life of Brain
  22. An After-Thought
  23. Glossary
  24. Chapter References and Sources