Main description:

From Brain Dynamics to the Mind: Spatiotemporal Neuroscience explores how the self and consciousness is related to neural events. Sections in the book cover existing models used to describe the mind/brain problem, recent research on brain mechanisms and processes and what they tell us about the self, consciousness and psychiatric disorders. The book presents a spatiotemporal approach to understanding the brain and the implications for artificial intelligence, novel therapies for psychiatric disorders, and for ethical, societal and philosophical issues.

Pulling concepts from neuroscience, psychology and philosophy, the book presents a modern and complete look at what we know, what we can surmise, and what we may never know about the distinction between brain and mind.

Contents:

Part I: Dynamic brain - different models 1. Dynamics in world and brain 2. Dynamic and cognition 3. Dynamic and prediction 4. Dynamic and embodiment 5. Research methods

Part II: Dynamic transformation - from brain to mind 6. Self 7. Consciousness 8. Mind wandering 9. Psychiatric disorders 10. Research methods

Part III: Dynamic mind - social, ethical, and philosophical issues 11. Artificial intelligence 12. Novel mind therapies 13. Problems of consciousness 14. Mind-body problem 15. Copernican revolution