What In The World Is Consciousness / A. Zeman -- A Neuroscientific Approach To Consciousness / S.a. Greenfield And T.f.t. Collins -- Functional Neuroimaging During Altered States Of Consciousness: How And What Do We Measure? / J. Hirsch -- Global Workspace Theory Of Consciousness: Toward A Cognitive Neuroscience Of Human Experience / B.j. Baars -- Skill, Corporality And Alerting Capacity In An Account Of Sensory Consciousness / J. Kevin O'regan, E. Myin, And A. NoΓ« -- Methods For Studying Unconscious Learning / A. Destrebecqz And P. Peigneux -- Computational Correlates Of Consciousness / A. Cleeremans -- Machine Consciousness / I. Aleksander -- Consciousness, Information Integration, And The Brain / G. Tononi -- Dynamics Of Thalamo-cortical Network Oscillations And Human Perception / U. Ribary -- From Synchronous Neuronal Discharges To Subjective Awareness? / E.r. John -- Genes And Experience Shape Brain Networks Of Conscious Control / M.i. Posner --^ Visual Phenomenal Consciousness: A Neurological Guided Tour / L. Naccache -- The Mental Self / H.c. Lou, M. Nowak, And T.w. Kjaer -- Posterior Cingulate, Precuneal And Retrosplenial Cortices: Cytology And Components Of The Neural Network Correlates Of Consciousness / B.a. Vogt And S. Laureys -- Human Cognition During Rem Sleep And The Activity Profile Within Frontal And Parietal Cortices: A Reappraisal Of Functional Neuroimaging Data / P. Maquet [and Others] -- General Anesthesia And The Neural Correlates Of Consciousness / M.t. Alkire And J. Miller -- Brain Imaging In Research On Anesthetic Mechanisms: Studies With Propofol / P. Fiset, G. Plourde, And S.b. Backman -- The Cognitive Modulation Of Pain: Hypnosis- And Placebo-induced Analgesia / R. Kupers, M.-e. Faymonville, And S. Laureys -- Consciousness And Epilepsy: Why Are Patients With Absence Seizures Absent? / H. Blumenfeld -- Two Aspects Of Impaired Consciousness In Alzheimer's Disease / E. Salmon [and Others] --^ Functional Brain Imaging Of Symptoms And Cognition In Schizophrenia / T.t.j. Kircher And R. Thienel -- Hysterical Conversion And Brain Function / P. Vuilleumier -- The Out-of-body Experience: Precipitation Factors And Neural Correlates / S. BΓΌnning And O. Blanke -- Near-death Experiences In Cardiac Arrest Survivors / C.c. French -- The Concept And Practice Of Brain Death / J.l. Bernat -- The Minimally Conscious State: Defining The Borders Of Consciousness / J.t. Giacino -- Behavioral Evaluation Of Consciousness In Severe Brain Damage / S. Majerus [and Others] -- Evoked Potentials In Severe Brain Injury / J.-m. GuΓ©rit -- Event-related Potential Measures Of Consciousness: Two Equations With Three Unknowns / B. Kotchoubey -- Novel Aspects Of The Neuropathology Of The Vegetative State After Blunt Head Injury / D.i. Graham [and Others] -- Using A Hierarchical Approach To Investigate Residual Auditory Cognition In Persistent Vegetative State / A.m. Owen [and Others] --^ Modeling The Minimally Conscious State: Measurements Of Brain Function And Therapeutic Possibilities / N.d. Schiff -- The Locked-in Syndrome: What Is It Like To Be Conscious But Paralysed And Voiceless? / S. Laureys [and Others] -- Brain-computer Interfaces--the Key For The Conscious Brain Locked Into A Paralysed Body / A. KΓΌbler And N. Neumann -- Neural Plasticity And Recovery Of Function / N.s. Ward -- Thirty Years Of The Vegetative State: Clinical, Ethical, And Legal Problems / B. Jennett -- Assessing Health-related Quality Of Life After Severe Brain Damage: Potentials And Limitations / C. Petersen And M. Bullinger -- Outcome And Ethics In Severe Brain Damage / J.-l. Vincent -- Clinical Pragmatism And The Care Of Brain Damaged Patients: Towards A Palliative Neuroethics For Disorders Of Consciousness / J.j. Fins. Edited By Steven Laureys. This Volume Is An Official Title Of The Association For The Scientific Study Of Conciousness Assc. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.