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In diesem Kapitel geht es um ein höchst populäres und zugleich heftig umstrittenes psycho-neurobiologisches Thema, nämlich Bewusstsein und seine möglichen neurobiologischen Grundlagen. Im Folgenden wollen wir die kaum mehr zu überschauenden philosophischen Aussagen zu diesem Thema außer Acht lassen, auch wenn wir zumindest einige von ihnen zu schätzen wissen, und uns auf diejenigen Ansätze konzentrieren, die mit empirischen psychologischen und neurobiologischen Untersuchungen verbunden sind. Die Erforschung der neuronalen Korrelate des Bewusstseins versucht zu ermitteln, was im Gehirn anders läuft, wenn ein Reiz bewusst erkannt wird.

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Haynes, JD. (2020). Psychologische und neurobiologische Grundlagen des Bewusstseins. In: Roth, G., Heinz, A., Walter, H. (eds) Psychoneurowissenschaften. Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59038-6_8

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