The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach

by Christof Koch

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Consciousness is the major unsolved problem in biology. Written as an introduction to the field and drawing upon clinical, psychological and physiological observations, this book seeks to answer questions of consciousness within a neuroscientific framework.

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Good foundational book on neural correlates of consciousness with technical evidence. Must read for this field.

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Koch was the latter-day collaborator of Francis Crick (1916-2004), in S Calif, doing lab work on the neuronal correlates of consciousness. "We live at a unique point in the history of science. The technology to discover and characterize how the subjective mind emerges out of the objective brain is within reach. The next years will prove decisive." (p 314)

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• CHRISTOPHE KOCH, Professeur de biologie de la cognition et du comportement au California Institute of Technology.
- À la recherche de la conscience, une enquête neuro-biologique, 2006, Editions Odile Jacob. Dans son ouvrage il fait le point sur le domaine dans lequel son expertise est internationalement reconnue : celle de la conscience. 460 pages.

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Christof Koch is President and Chief Scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, following twenty-seven years as a Professor at the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist (MIT Press), The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach, and other books.

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