Self, culture and consciousness : interdisciplinary convergences on knowing and being /: interdisciplinary convergences on knowing and being. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sangeetha Menon, Nithin Nagaraj, V.V. Binoy, editors.
• Editors: Menon, Sangeetha; Nagaraj, Nithin; Binoy, V. V
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Editors and Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Bridging Self, Culture and Consciousness; The Larger Questions; Bridging Self, Culture and Consciousness; Emergence of Consciousness; Healing, Agency and Being; The Social Self, Culture and Cognition; The Self and Alternative Epistemologies; Consciousness, Experiential Primacy and Knowing; References; Emergence of Consciousness; 2 Avian Cognition and Consciousness-From the Perspective of Neuroscience and Behaviour; Cognition and Consciousness in Animals; Cognition; Consciousness; Cognitive Abilities of Birds Problem-SolvingTool Use; Theory of Mind (ToM) and Prospective Thinking Abilities; Vocalisation, Vocal Learning and Mimicry; Object Permanence; Mathematical Abilities; Visual Discrimination and Memory; Can the Cognitive Abilities of Birds Be Linked to Behavioural Correlates of Consciousness?; Mirror Self-awareness; Neural Basis of Consciousness; Avian Brain Structure; Pallium Versus Cortex; The Organisation of Neural Circuits in the Avian Brain; Conclusions; References; 3 Meditation, Cognitive Reserve and the Neural Basis of Consciousness; Introduction; Meditation and the Brain Meditation and Cognitive ReserveMeditation and Higher States of Consciousness; References; 4 Attention and Perception in the Deaf: A Case for Plasticity in Consciousness; Introduction; Neuroplasticity of Cognitive Systems; Enhanced Visual Perception and Attention in the Deaf; Visual Processing Advantages in the Deaf; Unconscious Processing in the Deaf; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Promises and Limitations of Conscious Machines; Introduction; Artificial Intelligence and Machine Cognition; Cognitive Architecture; Perceptions About Machine Consciousness Social and Cultural Ethics in MachinesConclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Healing, Agency and Being; 6 'Is Grandma Still There?' A Pastoral and Ethical Reflection on the Soul and Continuing Self-identity in Deeply Forgetful People; Introduction; How Little We Know; Coining a New Term: EPI-NEUROLOGY; Biographical Memory as a Timeless Field; A Postmaterialist Model; The Ground of Human Dignity; Hope in Residual Neurological Hints of Self-identity; Moving Beyond Hypercognitive Values; The Destructive Arrogance of Hypercognitive Values A Pastoral Conclusion: Enduring Selfhood and the Universal Value of ConsciousnessAcknowledgements; References; 7 Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case for 'Alternative Selves'?; Introduction; Background of ASD; Clinical Insights and Autobiographical Excerpts from Individuals with ASD; Sensory Processing; Motor Functioning; Behavioural Oddities in ASD-Asocial Behaviour or Coping Mechanisms?; References; 8 Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Schizophrenia: A Model for Aberrant Self-consciousness; Schizophrenia and Auditory Hallucinations
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 155.2; Self; Cognition and culture; Personality and culture; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development; PSYCHOLOGY -- General; Cognition and culture; Personality and culture; Self; Philosophy; Philosophy of Mind; Cognitive Psychology; Neurosciences; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811057779
• Related ISBNs: 981105777X; 9811057761; 9789811057762
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