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The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness
The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness is the (CFI), focuses on the mechanisms underly- first of its kind in the field, and its appearance ing typical and atypical development of exec- marks a unique time in the history of intellectual utive function – the conscious self-regulation inquiry on the topic. After decades during which of thought, action, and emotion. In September consciousness was considered beyond the scope 2007, he will assume the Nancy M. and John of legitimate scientific investigation, conscious- L. Lindhal Professorship at the Institute of Child ness re-emerged as a popular focus of research Development, University of Minnesota. toward the end of the last century, and it has remained so for nearly 20 years. There are now Morris Moscovitch is the Max and Gianna Glass- so many different lines of investigation on con- man Chair in Neuropsychology and Aging in sciousness that the time has come when the field the Department of Psychology at the University may finally benefit from a book that pulls them of Toronto. He is also a Senior Scientist at the together and, by juxtaposing them, provides a Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest Centre comprehensive survey of this exciting field. for Geriatric Care. His research focuses on the neuropsychology of memory in humans but also Philip David Zelazo is Professor of Psychology addresses attention, face recognition, and hemi- at the University of Toronto, where he holds spheric specialization in young and older adults, a Canada Research Chair in Developmental and in people with brain damage. Neuroscience. He is also Co-Director of the Sino-Canadian Centre for Research in Child Evan Thompson is Professor of Philosophy at the Development, Southwest University, China. He University of Toronto. He is the author of Mind was Founding Editor of the Journal of Cogni- in Life: Biology, Phenomenoloy, and the Sciences of tion and Development. His research, which is Mind and Colour Vision: A Study in Cognitive Sci- funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineer- ence and the Philosophy of Perception. He is also ing Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, the the co-author of The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Science and Human Experience. He is a former and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation holder of a Canada Research Chair.
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