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Neuroscience of the Nonconscious Mind

  • 1st Edition - May 25, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Rajendra Badgaiyan
  • Language: English

Neuroscience of the Nonconscious Mind includes novel concepts and insights on the brain mechanisms that control nonconscious mental functions, some of which were developed… Read more

Description

Neuroscience of the Nonconscious Mind includes novel concepts and insights on the brain mechanisms that control nonconscious mental functions, some of which were developed in the author’s laboratory. The book describes neuroscience of conventional nonconscious mental functions, along with not so conventional functions like creativity, hypnosis and extrasensory perception, thus making it a very unique reference. This thought provoking book for students of mind, brain and consciousness will help explain concepts and introduce the science behind the nonconscious.

Key features

  • Explains how the brain controls nonconscious cognition and behavior
  • Describes how the nonconscious mind helps us make smart decisions
  • Includes historical perspectives and interesting experiments on nonconscious cognition
  • Presents novel, thought provoking ideas concerning neural signal processing
  • Describes situations where the nonconscious mind is smarter than the conscious mind

Readership

Advanced students and researchers in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, philosophy, psychotherapy and psychopharmacology

Table of contents

1. Historical Perspective2. Nonconscious Memory3. Blindsight4. Hemineglect5. Nonconscious Attention6. Decision Making7. Emotion8. Creativity9. Hypnosis10. Extrasensory Perception11. Nonconscious Versus Conscious Mind12. Framework of Nonconscious Mind

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 29, 2019
  • Language: English

About the author

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Rajendra Badgaiyan

Professor of Psychiatry Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. Professor of Psychiatry Long School of Medicine, at University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX, USA. Chief of Psychiatry, Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Chief of Psychiatry South Texas Veterans Health Care System Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital, San Antonio, TX, USA Professor of Psychiatry University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX, USA Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

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