The phenomenon of `consciousness is intrinsically related to ones awareness of ones self, of time, and of the physical world. What, then, can be learned about consciousness from people who have suffered brain damage such as amnesia which affects their awareness? This is the question explored by Lawrence Weiskrantz, a distinguished neuropsychologist who has worked with such patients over 30 years. Written in an engaging and accessible style, Consciousness Lost and Foundprovides a unique perspective on one of the most challenging issues in science today.
Introduction; The unseen and the unknown; Deficits, degradation, and dissociations; The What? of consciousness; Animal consciousness - the problem of whether?; The memory commentary is NOW; Attributes and possible pathways of residual visual capacity; The evolutionary why?; The question of how?; And so. . .; Appendix - Terminology;
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