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Starred Review on July 1, 2013 | Social Sciences
The question of how the brain creates consciousness has been debated for hundreds of years, with some experts deeming the issue a "hard problem" that can never be solved. Neuroscientist and best-selling novelist Graziano (psychology, Princeton Univ.; God, Soul, Mind, Brain; The Divine Farce) proposes a new and intriguing theory of consciousness that explains how the brain creates and makes use of subjective awareness and sets out to resolve perceptual illusions, such as the "out-of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More