The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach

Christof Koch

Roberts and Co., 2004 - Psychology - 429 pages

In "The Quest for Consciousness," Caltech neuroscientist Christof Koch explores the biological basis of consciousness. He outlines a framework that he and Francis Crick (of DNA "double helix" fame) have constructed to come to grips with the ancient mind-body problem. At the heart of their framework is a sustained, empirical approach to discovering and characterizing the neuronal correlates of consciousness - the NCC - the subtle, flickering patterns of brain activity that underlie each and every conscious experience.

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Review: The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach

User Review  - Brian - Goodreads

(3.0) Worthy goal, not sure I got much out of the book though A noble goal: to find the neural correlate of consciousness (NCC), the network of neurons to point to as where perception 'happens'. To a ...

Review: The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach

User Review  - David - Goodreads

Because this book brings in real neuroscience data it is the best book on consciousness yet published. Consciousness is a combination of perception and conscious sensations called qualia, two ...

About the author

Christof Koch is Professor of Computation and Neural Systems at the California Institute of Technology and the author of "Biophysics of Computation.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach
• Author: Christof Koch
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Roberts and Co., 2004
• ISBN: 0974707708, 9780974707709
• Length: 429 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Neuroscience; Philosophy / Mind & Body; Psychology / Mental Health; Psychology / Neuropsychology