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Name: Consciousness
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Author: Susan J. Blackmore

In *Consciousness*, Susan J. Blackmore tackles the enduring scientific puzzle of how a physical brain produces our subjective experience. She surveys the field’s key questions—what creates identity, whether free will exists, and if consciousness may itself be an illusion—drawing on the latest developments in neuroscience. Blackmore explains major theories, the neural correlates of awareness, the mechanisms of attention, and the physiology of altered states, offering a clear guide to the current debates among biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers.

First publish date: 2003

Genre: Psychology/Cognitive Psychology

Authors: Susan J. Blackmore

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