Complexity and Neurosciences in Dialogue : Towards a New Theory of the Brain ?
Frederic Darbellay, Moira Cockell, Jerome Billotte, Francis Waldvogel
EPFL Press eBooks September 4, 2008 DOI: 10.1201/9781439808023-8 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | The text reports that G.M. Edelman and his research group at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego have developed a general theory of the brain and consciousness, addressing how neural processes account for properties of conscious experience such as unity and diversity, and that these findings are presented in a series of books for a broad audience. |
Abstract
Most approaches to the understanding of consciousness are concerned with the contributions of specic brain areas or groups of neurons. By contrast, in considering what kinds of neural processes can account for key properties of conscious experience such as its unity and its diversity, the research undertaken by G.M. Edelman and his research group at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego addresses a general theory of the brain and consciousness. eir ndings have been published in a series of books that are accessible to a broad audience : [Edelman, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2004, 2006], [Edelman and Tonioni, 2000].