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Pathophysiological Studies of Brain Mechanisms in Different States of Consciousness

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Brain and Conscious Experience

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Disturbances in perceptual awareness or states of consciousness due to trauma or disease of the brain in man present many challenging problems to the neurophysiologist interested in brain mechanisms. Such problems are of such enormous variety and complexity that it would be pretentious indeed to propose definitive solutions in the light of the meager neurophysiological knowledge presently at our disposal. This is especially true when one attempts to cross the “no man’s land” from brain mechanisms to conscious mental experience. Recent neurophysiological studies have brought to light some new principles which may be brought to bear upon some of these old problems, a few of which I would like to present for the consideration of this conference.

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Jasper, H.H. (1965). Pathophysiological Studies of Brain Mechanisms in Different States of Consciousness. In: Eccles, J.C. (eds) Brain and Conscious Experience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49168-9_11

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