Overview
Introduction
Altered States: The Science of Consciousness
by Karin Tucker
Section 1: What Is Consciousness?
1.1 Decoding the Puzzle of Human Consciousness
by Susan Blackmore
1.2 What Is Consciousness?
by Christof Koch
1.3 There Is No Such Thing as Conscious Thought
by Steve Ayan
1.4 The Brain’s Autopilot Mechanism Steers Consciousness
by Steve Ayan
1.5 Unlocking the “Mystery” of Consciousness
by Todd E. Feinberg & Jon Mallatt
1.6 Consciousness Goes Deeper Than You Think
by Bernardo Kastrup
Section 2: Altered States
2.1 Answers While You Sleep
by Deirdre Barrett
2.2 The Stuff of Dreams
by Tanya Lewis
2.3 The Truth and Hype of Hypnosis
by Michael R. Nash & Grant Benham
2.4 Altered States
by Scott O. Lilienfeld & Hal Arkowitz
2.5 The Risk of Going Under
by Andrea Anderson
Section 3: Measuring Consciousness
3.1 How to Make a Consciousness Meter
by Christof Koch
3.2 Is Anybody in There?
by Adrian M. Owen
3.3 Computers Determine States of Consciousness
by Sam Rose
3.4 How Can We Tell If a Comatose Patient Is Conscious?
by Anouk Bercht & Steven Laureys
Section 4: From Artificial Intelligence to Sentience
4.1 Artificial Imagination
by George Musser
4.2 Self-Taught Robots
by Diana Kwon
4.3 Artificial Intelligence Is Learning to Keep Learning
by Matthew Huston
4.4 Lessons for Artificial Intelligence from the Study of Natural Stupidity
by Alexander S. Rich & Todd M. Gureckis