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1 online resource (xxii, 276 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Advances in consciousness research,
1381-589X ;
v. 16
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Advances in consciousness research ; v. 16.
1381-589X
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
THE CALDRON OF CONSCIOUSNESS; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; PART I: The Centrality of Emotion; Chapter 1. Integrating the Physiological and Phenomenological Dimensions of Affect and Motivation; Chapter 2. Affective Consciousness and the Instinctual Motor System: The Neural Sources of Sadness and Joy; Chapter 3. Consciousness, Motivation, and Emotion: Biopsychological Reflections; Chapter 4. Conscious Emotion in a Dynamic System: How Can Know How Feel; PART II: Toward an Ecological Science of the Affective Sphere. |
| Summary |
These new studies by prominent neuroscientists, psychologists and philosophers work toward a coherent framework for understanding emotion and its contribution to the functioning of consciousness in general, as an aspect of self-organizing, embodied subjects. Distinguishing consciousness from unconscious information processing hinges on the role of motivating emotions in all conscious modalities, and how emotional brain processes interact with those traditionally associated with cognitive function. Computationally registering/processing sensory signals (e.g. in the occipital lobe or area V4) by. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consciousness.
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Consciousness. |
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Emotions.
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Emotions. |
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Motivation (Psychology)
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Motivation (Psychology) |
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Self-organizing systems.
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Self-organizing systems. |
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Consciousness. |
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Ego. |
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Emotions. |
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Motivation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ellis, Ralph D.
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Newton, Natika.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Caldron of consciousness. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2000 1556191960 9027251363 (DLC) 00033720 (OCoLC)44066973 |
| ISBN |
0585461201 (electronic book) |
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9780585461205 (electronic book) |
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9027251363 (paperback) |
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9789027251367 (paperback) |
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1556191960 (U.S.) |
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9781556191961 (U.S.) |
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902729996X |
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9789027299963 |
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1282254901 |
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9781282254909 |
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