Consciousness and the Brain: Multidisciplinary Research and Its Significance

Author: Wang Yunjiu
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This paper explores the issue of consciousness from the perspective of natural sciences (neuroscience, physics, information science, psychology, etc.). First, it discusses why the study of "consciousness" gradually reached a climax in the middle and late 1990s, explaining the importance and feasibility of the "consciousness" issue. Then, it introduces several hot topics in the current research on "consciousness" and reviews several major theoretical viewpoints in the study of consciousness, finally presenting a conclusion.