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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1019649942 Title: Sizing up consciousness : towards an objective measure of the capacity for experience Author: Marcello Massimini; Giulio Tononi Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018. ©2018 ISBN/ISSN: 9780198728443 0198728441 OCLC:1019649942

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Sizing up consciousness : towards an objective measure of the capacity for experience

Author:	Marcello Massimini; Giulio Tononi
Publisher:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018. ©2018
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : First editionView all editions and formats
Summary:	This book explores how we can measure consciousness. It clarifies what consciousness is, how it can be generated from a physical system, and how it can be measured. It also shows how conscious states can be expressed mathematically and how precise predictions can be made using data from neurophysiological studies.
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Subjects	Consciousness -- physiology. Brain -- physiology. Brain Mapping. View all subjects
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Additional Physical Format:	Electronic version: Massimini, Marcello. Sizing up consciousness. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018 (OCoLC)1020607451
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Marcello Massimini; Giulio Tononi Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780198728443 0198728441
OCLC Number:	1019649942
Notes:	Originally published in Italian as: Nulla di più grande. Baldini e Castoldi, 2013.
Description:	xi, 199 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Contents:	1. A brain in your hand -- 2. Zombies and dolls -- 3. Brain islands -- 4. Mysteries in the cranium -- 5. A theoretical principle -- 6. Reappraising the stuff in our head -- 7. Assessing consciousness in other humans : from theory to practice -- 8. Inferring consciousness out there -- 9. A universe in your palm.
Other Titles:	Nulla di più grande.
Responsibility:	Marcello Massimini & Giulio Tononi ; translated by Frances Anderson.

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