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604067
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b433286
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| Main Entry
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Grinde, Bjørn,1952-
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The Evolution of Consciousness : : Implications for Mental Health and Quality of Life.
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1 online resource (256 pages)
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9783319436852
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: 3319436856
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331943683X
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9783319436838
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| Notes
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Description based upon print version of record
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; 1 A Conscious Life; Abstract; Conscious and Unconscious Processes; Should We Aim for Reason or Happiness?; 2 The Brain-Your Personal Necktop Computer; Abstract; The Anatomy of the Most Complex Object; Neuron Style Talking; The Concept of Brain Modules; Brain Versus Computer; 3 The Evolution of Nervous Systems; Abstract; Why Nervous Systems?; Further Improvements; On Bees and Octopuses; What Is Intelligent Behaviour?; 4 Conscious Brains; Abstract; A Common Currency; Hence Consciousness; When Did It All Start?
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Signs of Consciousness in AnimalsWhen Is It Needed?; Has It Been a Success?; How We Became What We Are; The Human Case; I Think, Therefore I Am?; 5 The Neurobiological Correlate; Abstract; Cortex and Thalamus; Integrated Information; What We Can Do Without; We Learn When Something Goes Wrong; The Bigger the Better?; The Hardest Problem; 6 States and Disorders of Consciousness; Abstract; Sleep; Anaesthesia; Life History; Maladies Affecting the Mind; Wilfully Altered States; 7 Quality of Life; Abstract; Hedonia and Eudaimonia; The Mood Modules; On or Off; Mental Disorders; Darwinian Happiness
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8 Environmental ConcernsAbstract; Childhood and Life Situation; The Damage Due to Discords; The Achilles Heel; 9 Mental Exercise; Abstract; Use Your Head; The Psychological Challenge; Meditative Techniques; Technical Tools; Habits-For Good and Bad; A Model of the Mind; 10 In the Future; Abstract; The Main Challenge; Next Generation Gym; A Final Word
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Consciousness.
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Self-consciousness (Awareness)
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Brain-- Evolution.
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150
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BF311
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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