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Being you : a new science of consciousness

Title
Being you : a new science of consciousness / Anil Seth.
Author
Seth, Anil K.
Publication
  • [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
  • ©2021

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Description
340 pages : illustrations, charts; 24 cm
Summary
"Being you is an unprecedented tour of consciousness thanks to new experimental evidence, much of which comes from Seth's own lab. His radical argument is that we do not perceive the world as it objectively is, but rather that we are prediction machines, constantly inventing our world and correcting our mistakes by the microsecond, and that we can now observe the biological mechanisms in the brain that accomplish this process of consciousness."--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  • Consciousness
  • Consciousness > Physiological aspects
  • Neuropsychology
  • Perception
  • Self-perception
  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Brain
  • Consciousness
  • Perception
  • Self Concept
  • Brain
  • Conscience
  • Conscience > Aspect physiologique
  • Perception de soi
  • Neurosciences cognitives
  • Cerveau
  • brains
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-331) and index.
Contents
Prologue -- I: Level. The real problem ; Measuring consciousness ; Phi -- II: Content. Perceiving from the inside out ; The wizard of odds ; The beholder's share -- III: Self. Delirium ; Expect yourself ; Being a beast machine ; A fish in water ; Degrees of freedom -- IV: Other. Beyond human ; Machine minds -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9781524742874
  • 1524742872
  • 9781524742881 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
99990230916
OCLC
  • on1237100953
  • 1237100953
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries