Visual Attention and Consciousness

Consciousness is perhaps one of the greatest mysteries in the universe. How is that we are aware of ourselves? Why is it that we have minds? This book is an ambitious survey of the empirical literature on many different aspects of visual attention and consciousness. In order to show how inter-related each topic is, the volume is divided into seven main themes, each with one or two chapters developing each of these themes. Throughout, everyday examples are followed by a definition. Then, the perceptual, cognitive, and neuroscience research on the topic -- and how it relates to visual attention and consciousness is described in detail. The volume may be used as a primary or ancillary text for graduate courses in perception, vision, consciousness or philosophy of mind.