Overview
Discusses the problem of consciousness raised in author’s previous book Brain, Mind and Consciousness: Advances in Neuroscience Research
Examines the problem of dissociated consciousness in connection with basic physics and information theory?
Presents cutting-edge psychology research at the intersection of philosophy and Freudian psychodynamic ?theory
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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In this provocative text, a noted neuroscientist reexamines Freud's posthumously published  Project of Scientific Psychology in the light of modern neuroscience. This expanded "thermodynamics of the mind" model includes robust conceptions of the cellular and neural processes that accompany creation of consciousness and memory, their contributions to such conditions as depression, dissociative disorders, and schizophrenia, and implications for practice, from imaging to talk-based therapies to pharmacotherapy. Central to this construct is Freud's proposal of specific "omega" neurons as the most volatile carriers of consciousness between mind and brain, which is applied to current issues regarding complexity and executive functioning. In addition, the book is extensively referenced, allowing readers to investigate these and related phenomena in greater detail.
Among the topics covered:
Neural reductionism in Freud's "Project" and neuropsychoanalysis.
- Thermodynamics and brain self-organization.
- Conflicting information and the dissociated mind.
- The Cartesian model of the mind and the binding problem.
- Neuroendocrine and immune response to stress.
- The concept of omega neurons and modern chaos theory.
Rigorous, challenging, and occasionally startling, The Brain and Conscious Unity is a milestone in the neuroscience and mind/brain literature to be read and discussed by psychiatrists, psychologists, and neuropsychologists.
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Book Title: The Brain and Conscious Unity
Book Subtitle: Freud's Omega
Authors: Petr Bob
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2700-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-2699-2Published: 30 April 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4557-3Published: 09 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-2700-5Published: 29 April 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 133
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neuropsychology, Neurosciences, Cognitive Psychology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics