Showing results for "Self-Consciousness" in Biological Sciences

During extraordinary moments of consciousness - shock, meditative states and sudden mystical revelations, out-of-body experiences, or drug intoxication - our senses of time and self are altered; we may even feel time and self dissolving. These experiences have long been ignored by mainstream science. Recent research, however, has located the neural underpinnings of these altered states of mind. In this book, neuropsychologist Marc Wittmann reveals how experiences that disturb or widen our everyday understanding of the self can help solve the mystery of consciousness.

Now in paperback: At the cutting edge of science and spirituality, New York Times best-selling author Gregg Braden explains that evolution is not the whole story of humanity--and offers a new understanding of our origins that can help us tap the extraordinary abilities we already have. What...

The body is central to our sense of identity. Bodily awareness, says scientist-writer Moheb Costandi, is key to self-consciousness. In Body Am I, Costandi examines how the brain perceives the body, how that perception translates into our conscious experience of the body, and how that experience contributes to our sense of self. Along the way, he explores what can happen when the mechanisms of bodily awareness are disturbed, leading to such phenomena as phantom limbs, alien hands, and amputee fetishes.

The nature of consciousness has been a fascinating mystery to people for thousands of years. Despite all that modern science knows about the brain and how it functions, nothing has tied it all together to explain what enables us to experience consciousness, until now. Dr. Simanonok provides a scientific explanation called Nexus Theory for how consciousness is enabled in our brains through the interactions of two kinds of light. When you come to understand the deepest and most important part of yourself, you may be surprised to discover how importantly this informs you as to Who You Really Are,...

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