The Hidden Spring A Journey to the Source of Consciousness

Release on 2021-02-16 | by Mark Solms

Author: Mark Solms
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393542028
Category: Science
Page: 432
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The Hidden Spring A Journey to the Source of Consciousness

A revelatory new theory of consciousness that returns emotions to the center of mental life. For Mark Solms, one of the boldest thinkers in contemporary neuroscience, discovering how consciousness comes about has been a lifetime’s quest. Scientists consider it the "hard problem" because it seems an impossible task to understand why we feel a subjective sense of self and how it arises in the brain. Venturing into the elementary physics of life, Solms has now arrived at an astonishing answer. In The Hidden Spring, he brings forward his discovery in accessible language and graspable analogies. Solms is a frank and fearless guide on an extraordinary voyage from the dawn of neuropsychology and psychoanalysis to the cutting edge of contemporary neuroscience, adhering to the medically provable. But he goes beyond other neuroscientists by paying close attention to the subjective experiences of hundreds of neurological patients, many of whom he treated, whose uncanny conversations expose much about the brain’s obscure reaches. Most importantly, you will be able to recognize the workings of your own mind for what they really are, including every stray thought, pulse of emotion, and shift of attention. The Hidden Spring will profoundly alter your understanding of your own subjective experience.

Language: en
Pages: 432

The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness

Authors: Mark Solms

Categories: Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-16 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Language: en
Pages: 448

The Hidden Spring

Authors: Mark SOLMS

Categories: Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-28 - Publisher:

How does the mind connect to the body? Why does it feel like something to be us? For one of the boldest thinkers in neuroscience, solving this puzzle has been a lifetime's quest. Now at last, the man who discovered the brain mechanism for dreaming appears to have made a