The ravenous brain : how the new science of consciousness explains our insatiable search for meaning / Daniel Bor.

New York : Basic Books, [2012], ©2012.

xviii, 326 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conceptual conundrums of consciousness: philosophy -- A brief history of the brain: evolution and the science of thought -- The tip of the iceberg: unconscious contents -- The brain's experience of a rose: neuroscience of awareness -- Being bird-brained is not an insult: uncovering alien consciousness -- Living on the fragile edge of awareness: profound brain damage and disorders of consciousness -- Consciousness squeezed, stretched, and shrunk: mental illness as abnormal awareness.