Overview
Introduction
Searching for the Secrets of Consciousness
by Jeanene Swanson
Section 1: The Nature of Consciousness
1.1 How Unconscious Mechanisms Affect Thought
by Christof Koch
1.2 Exploring the “Mind” of Bees
by Christof Koch
1.3 The Quest to Find Consciousness
by Gerhard Roth
1.4 Me, Myself and I
by Uwe Herwig
1.5 The Movie in Your Head
by Christof Koch
Section 2: Theories: From Brain to “Mind”
2.1 How the Brain Creates the Mind
by Antonio R. Damasio
2.2 Solving the “Hard Problem”
by David J. Chalmers
2.3 Debate: How Does Consciousness Happen?
by Christof Koch and Susan Greenfield
2.4 A “Complex” Theory
by Christof Koch
Section 3: Measuring Consciousness
3.1 A Consciousness Meter
by Christof Koch
3.2 Eyes Open, Brain Shut
by Steven Laureys
3.3 The Mechanics of Mind Reading
by Daniel Bor
SECTION 4: Altered States of Reality
4.1 What Doctors Don’t Understand About Anesthesia
by Stephen Dougherty
4.2 Is Hypnosis a Distinct Form of Consciousness?
by Scott O. Lilienfeld and Hal Arkowitz
4.3 Unlocking the Lucid Dream
by Ursula Voss
4.4 Death by Sleepwalker
by Francesca Siclari, Giulio Tononi, and Claudio Bassetti
4.5 The End
by Jesse Bering
SECTION 5: Psychoactive Drugs and Healing
5.1 Psychedelic Chemist Explores Inner Space, One Drug at a Time
by David Biello
5.2 This is Your Brain on Drugs
by Christof Koch
5.3 LSD Returns—For Psychotherapeutics
by Gary Stix
5.4 Hallucinogens as Medicine
by Roland R. Griffiths and Charles S. Grob
SECTION 6: The Enigma of Spirituality
6.1 The Neurobiology of Bliss
by Nadia Webb
6.2 Titanic and the Science of Near-Death Experiences
by Jennifer Ouellette
6.3 Searching for God in the Brain
by David Biello
6.4 Being in the Now
by Amishi P. Jha