Download or read book New Developments in Consciousness Research written by Vincent W. Fallio and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and one's environment. It is a subject of much research in philosophy of mind, psychology, neurology, and cognitive science. This book gathers a compilation of new and significant research on many facets of consciousness research. These include memory studies, evolution of consciousness, paranormal experiences, phenomenal consciousness, meditation, human emotion and psychopathology.