Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the SoulTraditionally, the human soul is regarded as a nonphysical concept that can only be examined by psychiatrists and theologists. In his new book, The Astonishing Hypothesis, Nobel Laureate Francis Crick boldly straddles the line between science and spirituality by examining the soul from the standpoint of a modern scientist, basing the soul's existence and function on an in-depth examination of how the human brain "sees." |
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The General Nature of Consciousness | 13 |
Seeing | 23 |
The Psychology of Vision | 35 |
Attention and Memory | 59 |
Theories of Vision | 71 |
Part II | 78 |
The Human Brain in Outline | 81 |
Brain Damage | 161 |
Neural Networks | 177 |
Part III | 201 |
Visual Awareness | 203 |
Some Experiments | 215 |
Mainly Speculation | 231 |
Oscillations and Processing Units | 243 |
Dr Cricks Sunday Morning Service | 255 |
The Neuron | 91 |
Types of Experiment | 107 |
The Primate Visual SystemInitial Stages | 121 |
The Visual Cortex of Primates | 139 |
A Postscript on Free Will | 265 |
Further Reading | 281 |
Acknowledgments | 301 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul A Touchstone Book |
| Author | Francis Crick |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0684801582, 9780684801582 |
| Length | 317 pages |
| Subjects | › Medical / Neurology Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition Science / General Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects |
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