Overview
- Presents a model and a strategy for improving the impact of consciousness on quality of life
- Deals with the Holy Grail of biology: Understanding consciousness
- Presents a novel approach that allows for practical applications
- Links happiness to biology and mental health
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
Keywords
- Awareness and the Capacity to Experience Life
- Biology and Mental Health
- Conscious and Unconscious Processes
- Evolutionary Process of Consciousness
- Evolutionary Trajectory to Conscious Life Forms
- Happiness and Understanding Consciousness
- Improving the Impact it Has on our Quality of Life
- Pleasure and Conscious Experiences
- Properties of the Brain and Positive Feelings
- Purpose of Ochestrating Behaviour
- States and Disorders of Consciousness
- The Meaning of Quality of Life
- Understanding Consciousness
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“When I started reading this book, the feeling I had experienced when only browsing was confirmed: it is magnificent. The text is very well written, and contains not only complete and thorough information, but also very interesting ideas. A masterpiece of knowledge and thinking. It gave me so much pleasure, I read it twice. Congratulations! Your book is both magnificent and enlightening! Thanks for bringing it to all readers.” (Michel Cabanac de Lafregeyre, Professeur émérite, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Canada)
“The most characteristic feature of the book is its broad scope. It brings together brain research, evolution, philosophical considerations, and psychology. Moreover, the text discusses what we can do to enhance our conscious experiences and thereby improve quality of life. The author writes clearly, concisely and engagingly making the book readable and highly recommendable for both an academic and a general public.” (Dagfinn Føllesdal, C.I. Lewis Professor of philosophy at Stanford University, Professor Emeritus at University of Oslo, Norway)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Evolution of Consciousness
Book Subtitle: Implications for Mental Health and Quality of Life
Authors: Bjørn Grinde
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43685-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43683-8Published: 05 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82885-5Published: 14 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43685-2Published: 27 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 246
Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations
Topics: Positive Psychology, Evolutionary Biology, Quality of Life Research, Neurosciences, Philosophy of Mind