Foreword by Francis Crick

1. Introduction to the Study of Consciousness
2. Neurons, the Atoms of Perception
3. The First Steps in Seeing
4. The Primary Visual Cortex as a Prototypical
Neocortical Area
5. What Are the Neuronal Correlates of
Consciousness?
6. The Neuronal Correlates of Consciousness Are
Not in the Primary Visual Cortex
7. The Architecture of the Cerebral Cortex
8. Going Beyond the Primary Visual Cortex
9. Attention and Consciousness
10.The Neuronal Underpinnings of Attention
11.Memories and Consciousness
12.What You Can Do Without Being Conscious:
The Zombie Within
13.Agnosia, Blindsight, Epilepsy, and Sleep-
Walking: Clinical Evidence for Zombie Agents
14.Some Speculations on the Functions of
Consciousness
15.On Time and Consciousness
16.When the Mind Flips: Following the Footprints
of Consciousness
17.Splitting the Brain Splits Consciousness
18.Further Speculations on Thoughts and the
Unconscious Homunculus
19.A Framework for Consciousness
20.An Interview

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