Consciousness

The second edition of the “Comprehensive Consciousness” is proposed to be organized thematically in five main sections, with sub-sections, to include about 100 chapters (thus with about 27 more entries as compared to the first edition), which can be preliminarily organized as follows, with the possibility of including entries (chapters) from the first edition, and some other new entries (among others): 1. Philosophy and history - Philosophy Consciousness of time and the time of consciousness; Folk theories of consciousness; Free will; Intentionality and consciousness; Mental representation and consciousness; Phenomenology of consciousness; Philosophical accounts of self-awareness and introspection; Philosophical perspectives on the self; The Mind-Body problem; - History History of consciousness science; History of philosophical theories of consciousness; 2. Concepts, methodological principles and theories - Paradigms and perspectives All-or-none versus graded consciousness; Animal consciousness; Artificial intelligence and consciousness; Concepts and definitions of consciousness; Contemplative views on consciousness; Development of consciousness: consciousness from birth to adulthood; Embodied cognition and consciousness; Functions of consciousness; Psychopathology of consciousness; Social foundations of consciousness; State and content of consciousness; - Core concepts Meta-awareness; Metacognition; Mind wandering and other lapses; Mindfulness; - Methodological principles Computational modelling of consciousness; Neurophenomenology; Subjectivity: first- and third-person methodologies; The measurement of consciousness; - Theories An Integrated Information Theory of consciousness; Global workspace theory; Higher-order theories of consciousness; Phenomenal and access consciousness; Psychodynamic theories of the unconscious; Predictive coding as a framework for consciousness mechanisms and phenomena; Quantum theories of consciousness; Recurrent processing theory; Temporo-spatial theory of consciousness; The Global Neuronal Workspace model; 3. Psychology of consciousness - Memory Autobiographical memory and consciousness; Consciousness and memory in amnesia; Implicit learning and implicit memory; Memory: errors, constructive processes, and conscious retrieval; Procedural memory, skill, perceptual-motor learning, and awareness; Repressed memories; Short-term memory and consciousness; The control of mnemonic awareness; - Action Conscious and unconscious control of spatial action; Habit, action and consciousness; Voluntary control; - Emotion Emotion and consciousness; Emotion regulation and consciousness; Interoceptive awareness; Pain; - Self A pattern view of the self; Minimal or bodily self; Narrative self; The unity of self, self-consistency; - States of consciousness Hypnosis and suggestion; Interrelationship between states and contents of consciousness; Lucid dreaming; Meditation; Psychoactive drugs and alterations of consciousness; Sleep and dreaming; States of consciousness: an overview; - Higher-level cognition Inner speech and consciousness; Intuition, creativity, and unconscious aspects of problem solving; Language and consciousness; - Social psychology Implicit social cognition; 4. Psychology of consciousness, perception and attention - Perception Bistable perception and consciousness; Discreteness versus continuity of perception; Hallucinations and illusions as paradigmatic cases of consciousness phenomena; Perception, action, and consciousness; Subliminal and implicit perception; The binding problem and the coherence of perception; Unconscious influences on perceptual interpretation; Visual experience and immediate memory; Visual imagery and consciousness; - Attention Change blindness and inattentional blindness; Selective attention and consciousness; The attentional blink and consciousness; 5. Neuroscience of consciousness Cognitive neuroscience and neurobiology Aperiodic brain activity and consciousness; Cognitive neuroscience of dreaming and lucid dreaming; Cognitive neuroscience of hypnosis; Cognitive neuroscience of meditation and mindfulness; Cognitive neuroscience of the self; Cognitive neuroscience of volition and action; Event-related potentials and consciousness; Oscillatory brain activity and consciousness; Single-cell level and microcircuit mechanisms of consciousness; The neural basis of perceptual awareness; The Neural Correlates of Consciousness; The neurochemistry of consciousness; Neurology Blindsight; Disorders of consciousness; Ethical implications: pain, coma and related disorders; General anesthesia; Neglect and Balint’s Syndrome; The perturbational approach and consciousness;