Consciousness and the Brain Deciphering How the

AbreathtakinglookatthenewsciencethatcantrackconsciousnessdeepinthebrainHowdoesourbraingenerateaconsciousthought?Andwhydoessomuchofourknowledgeremainunconscious?Thankstocleverpsychologicalandbrain-imagingexperiments，scientistsareclosertocrackingthismysterythaneverbefore.Inthislivelybook，StanislasDehaenedescribesthepioneeringworkhislabandthelabsofothercognitiveneuroscientistsworldwidehaveaccomplishedindefining，testing，andexplainingthebraineventsbehindaconsciousstate.Wecannowpindowntheneuronsthatfirewhenapersonreportsbecomingawareofapieceofinformationandunderstandthecrucialroleunconsciouscomputationsplayinhowwemakedecisions.Theemergingtheoryenablesatestofconsciousnessinanimals，babies，andthosewithseverebraininjuries.Ajoyousexplorationofthemindanditsthrillingcomplexities，ConsciousnessandtheBrainwillexciteanyoneinterestedincutting-edgescienceandtechnologyandthevastphilosophical，personal，andethicalimplicationsoffinallyquantifyingconsciousness.