books by Benjamin Libet

books by Benjamin Libet

books:

Benjamin Libet

Neurophysiology of Consciousness (Contemporary Neuroscientists)
Benjamin Libet

Birkhauser Verlag AG, 1993

Psychologists and philosophers have grappled unsuccessfully through the ages with the ultimal mysteries of the mind. How is consciousness generated by the brain? What unique cerebral processes accoun for mental events among the myriad of brain activities? How does the brain generate and process mental activity - thought, learning, and memory-when ...

The Volitional Brain : Towards a Neuroscience of Free Will

Imprint Academic, 2000

It is widely accepted in science that the universe is a closed deterministic system in which everything can, ultimately, be explained by purely physical causation. And yet we all experience ourselves as having the freedom to choose between alternatives presented to us ? ?we? are in the driving seat. The authors, including Whit Blauvelt, Jonathan ...

Mind Time
Benjamin Libet

Suhrkamp Verlag KG, 2007

Mind Time: The Temporal Factor in Consciousness (Perspectives in Cognitive Neuroscience)

Benjamin Libet

Harvard University Press, 2005

Excellent summary of great scientist's theories
I participated in two of Libet's experiments when I was a grad student, and knew his work well. I went on in neuroscience rather than perception, but I got well trained in both fields. So I thought I would make a few comments on that, especially in regard to the ...