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Holger Seitz untersucht Wachheit als eigenständiges Phänomen, als eine Eigenschaft des Bewusstseins. Dabei führt der Autor verschiedene Themenbereiche unter einer Perspektive zusammen, um auf diese Weise einen neuen Zugang zu etwas scheinbar Bekanntem zu schaffen: Auf der Basis von Erkenntnissen der Schlafforschung, der psychologischen und der neurobiologischen Forschung und einigen sozialwissenschaftlichen Einsichten entwickelt er eine spannende und aufschlussreiche Argumentation, die demonstriert, dass Wachheit nicht das Gegenteil des Schlafs, sondern das Gegenteil von Nichtwachheit ist. Diese kreative These besitzt sowohl theoretische, als auch praktische Relevanz, denn sie regt nicht nur das eigene Denken an, sondern kann sogar eine praktische Bedeutung für das eigene Leben haben. Holger Seitz analyses wakefulness as an independent phenomenon, as a characteristic trait of consciousness. Here, the author connects various subjects under one perspective in order to create a new access to something that is apparently already known. Based on the findings of sleep, psychological and neurobiological research as well as certain aspects of social sciences he develops an interesting and enlightening argumentation which demonstrates that wakefulness is not the opposite of sleep but rather the opposite of non-wakefulness. This creative assumption is theoretically and practically relevant as it not only fuels our own thinking but can have a practical meaning for one's life.

Michel Jouvet, importante neurofisiólogo francés, ofrece en este libro un interesante estudio sobre el sueño, la vigilia y la conciencia, a partir de la historia y la evolución de estos conceptos, y presenta también sus propias investigaciones y descubrimientos, como el sueño paradójico o rem y sus experimentos en gatos. Además, el autor realiza una crítica a la ciencia con la ayuda de otras disciplinas como la filosofía, pues cuestiona la forma en que los científicos se aíslan de otras perspectivas, y precisamente, señala que para entender la conciencia, que es en parte subjetiva, es necesario un estudio integrativo.

To be asleep is to be oblivious to being oblivious. The danger of sleep is the danger of carbon monoxide: it's colorless and odorless, and you're anesthetized before you know it—before you ever hit the floor. And for the follower of Jesus, it's just as dangerous—because the Christian who is “asleep” is spiritually unreceptive. If anything will be our undoing, sleep will.In this thoughtful, engaging, challenging book, Rick James dives deep into the New Testament's teachings on spiritual wakefulness, calling Christ-followers to defy the darkness and remain awake as they await Christ's return. Because being awake—continually in prayer, watchful for God's will, expectant of open doors, cautious of sin, desiring to serve, eager to repent, continuously giving thanks, willing to witness, embracing of humility, overflowing with kindness, persevering in obedience—changes everything.

Waking and the Reticular Activating System in Health and Disease provides a comprehensive overview on the'activating properties of the RAS. In health, the RAS provides the basis against which we assess the external world, and in disease it distorts that world and shatters our self-image. This book describes the physiology of each process, how it is disturbed in each disorder, and what the most appropriate treatment should be. Dr. Garcia-Rill, along with contributions from leading specialists, discusses the understanding of the RAS as a system not only modulating waking, but also in charge of survival mechanisms such as fight vs flight responses and reflexes. The full spectrum of these functions helps explain the complexity of symptoms evident in such disorders as disparate as schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease. The book reviews the mechanisms that control waking and arousal, and especially how those mechanisms malfunction in certain neurological and psychiatric disorders. - First comprehensive overview on the RAS and its role in schizophrenia, major depression, autism, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and other neurologic and mental diseases - Offers a new way of thinking about brain function and the role of the RAS in our waking lives - Written by a leading translational neuroscience researcher with contributions by specialists in the field

The question of what characterizes feelings of being alive is a puzzling and controversial one. Are we dealing with a unique affective phenomenon or can it be integrated into existing classifications of emotions and moods? What might be the natural basis for such feelings? What could be considered their specifically human dimension? These issues are addressed by researchers from various disciplines, including philosophy of mind and emotions, psychology, and history of art.This volume contains original papers on the topic of feelings of being alive by Fiorella Battaglia, Eva-Maria Engelen, Joerg Fingerhut, Thomas Fuchs, Alice Holzhey-Kunz, Matthias Jung, Tanja Klemm, Riccardo Manzotti, Sabine Marienberg, Matthew Ratcliffe, Arbogast Schmitt, Jan Slaby, and Achim Stephan.

Profound progress has been made in the fields of chronobiology and psychobiology within the past decade, in theory, experiment and clinical application. This volume integrates these new developments on all levels from the molecular, genetic and cellular to the psycho­ social processes of everyday life. We present a balanced variety of research from workers around the globe, who discuss the funda­ mental significance of their approach for a new understanding of the central role of ultradian rhythms in the self-organizing and adaptive dynamics of all life processes. The years since the publication of Ultra dian rhythms in physiology and behavior by Schultz and Lavie in 1985 have seen a burgeoning realization of the ubiquity and importance of ultradian rhythms within and between every level of the psychobiological hierarchy. The experimental evidence lies scattered through a disparate litera­ ture, and this volume attempts, albeit in a highly selective manner, to bring together some of the different strands. The editors are very conscious of the omission of many important current aspects; e.g. we have not included any of the fascinating and indeed long­ and well-established experiments with plants (Bunning 1971, 1977; Guillaume and Koukkari 1987; Millet et al. 1988; 10hnsson et al. 1990) that are widely regarded as having initiated the whole field of chronobiology (De Mairan 1729). Neither have we reviewed recent developments on glycolytic oscillations, since a great deal of the seminal work was already completed by 1973 (Chance et al. 1973).

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Sleep is a necessary, active, diverse and periodic condition, homeostatically regulated and precisely meshed with waking time into the sleep-wakefulness cycle. The authors present a detailed and updated review of the structures involved in the phase of wakefulness, including their morphological, functional and chemical characteristics, as well as their anatomical connections

With recent advances of modern medicine more people reach the'elderly age'around the globe and the number of dementia cases are ever increasing. This book is about various aspects of dementia and provides its readers with a wide range of thought-provoking sub-topics in the field of dementia. The ultimate goal of this monograph is to stimulate other physicians'and neuroscientists'interest to carry out more research projects into pathogenesis of this devastating group of diseases.