Ebook: The Limits of Consciousness: A Conversation with Martin Monti
Author: Howard Burton
- Tags: Medical, Psychology, Nonfiction, MED019010, MED085010, PSY020000
- Series: Ideas Roadshow Conversations
- Year: 2020
- Publisher: Open Agenda Publishing
- Language: English
- epub
This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Martin Monti, Associate Professor in Psychology and Neurosurgery, Brain Injury Research Centre, UCLA. This extensive conversation examines Martin Monti's innovative work with patients who are in a vegetative state or minimally conscious state which has led to some surprising results that might well prove to be integral to our development of a deeper understanding of consciousness.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Collective Unconscious, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series (100 books):
Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers, including 3 Nobel Laureates, but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research. Howard Burton holds a PhD in physics and an MA in philosophy, and was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.