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Book SynopsisIn the past fifty years scientists have begun to discover how the human brain functions. In this book Wilder Penfield, whose work has been at the forefront of such research, describes the current state of knowledge about the brain and asks to what extent recent findings explain the action of the mind. He offers the general reader a glimpse of excit
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Foreword, pg. xvii*Introduction, pg. xxiv*1. Sherringtonian Alternatives-Two Fundamental Elements or Only One?, pg. 1*2. To Consciousness the Brain Is Messenger, pg. 7*3. Neuronal Action within the Brain, pg. 11*4. Sensory and Voluntary-Motor Organization, pg. 14*5. The Indispensable Substratum of Consciousness, pg. 18*6. The Stream of Consciousness Electrically Reactivated, pg. 21*7. Physiological Interpretation of an Epileptic Seizure, pg. 28*8. An Early Conception of Memory Mechanisms - And a Late Conclusion, pg. 31*9. The Interpretive Cortex, pg. 34*10. An Automatic Sensory-Motor Mechanism, pg. 37*11. Centrencephalic Integration and Coordination, pg. 44*12. The Highest Brain-Mechanism, pg. 46*13. The Stream of Consciousness, pg. 49*14. Introspection by Patient and Surgeon, pg. 51*15. Doubling of Awareness, pg. 55*16. Brain as Computer, Mind as Programmer, pg. 57*17. What the Automatic Mechanism Can Do, pg. 60*18. Recapitulation, pg. 62*19. Relationship of Mind to Brain-A Case Example, pg. 67*20. Man's Being-A Choice Between Two Explanations, pg. 73*21. Comprehensibility, pg. 83*Reflections, pg. 91*Afterthoughts by the Author, pg. 102*Bibliography, pg. 116*Index, pg. 119
