Sensory integration and the unity of consciousness

Sensory integration and the unity of consciousness /

In this volume, cognitive scientists and philosophers examine two closely related aspects of mind and mental functioning: the relationships among the various senses and the links that connect different conscious experiences to form unified wholes. Contributors address a range of questions concerning...

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Other Authors: Bennett, David J., 1957- (Editor), Hill, Christopher S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2014
Subjects:
Consciousness.
Sensorimotor integration.
Senses and sensation.
Consciousness
Sensation
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Bayesian Modeling of Perceiving: A Guide to Basic Principles
  • 2. The Multisensory Nature of Perceptual Consciousness
  • 3. The Long-Term Potentiation Model for Grapheme-Color Binding in Synesthesia
  • 4. Intermodal Binding Awareness
  • 5. The Unity Assumption and the Many Unities of Consciousness
  • 6. Multimodal Unity and Multimodal Binding
  • 7. Can Blue Mean Four?
  • 8. Establishing Cross-Modal Mappings: Empirical and Computational Investigations
  • 9. Berkeley, Reid, and Sinha on Molyneux's Question
  • 10. Modeling Multisensory Integration
  • 11. A Unity Pluralist Account of the Unity of Experience
  • 12. Unity, Synchrony, and Subjects
  • 13 Experiences and Their Parts
  • 14 Unity of Consciousness: Advertisement for a Leibnizian View
  • 15. Partial Unity of Consciousness: A Preliminary Defense
  • 16. E pluribus unum : Rethinking the Unity of Consciousness
  • 17. Counting Minds and Mental States
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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