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Contents - ( most of these articles date from the 1950'S and 1960's - and were published in the Scientific American magazine- they were collected in this edition in 1971.
A wide range of essys - most ate illustrated, some in colour relating to perception, cognition, halliucinogens, aawareness and alteration pf same. Aimed at a general to academic level readership, but none of the articles are overly laboured with technospeak.
Preface- by Timothey Teyler
Brain & Awareness Introduction-Teyler
The Electrical Activity of the Brain-Walter
The Analysis of Brain Waves-Brazier
The Reticular Formation-French
The Physiology of Imagination-Eccles
Altered States of Awareness Internal Control Introduction-Teyler
Patterns of Dreaming-Kleitman
The States of Sleep-Jouvet
The Pathology of Boredom-Heron
On Telling Left from Right-Corballis & Beale
Learning in the Autonomic Nervous System-Dicarla
Altered States of Awareness External Control Introduction-Teyler
Marihuana-Grinspoon
The Hallucinogenic Drugs-Barron, Jarvik, Bunnell
Experiments with Goggles-Kohler
The Split Brain in Man-Gazzaniga
The Physiology of Meditation-Wallace & Benson
Bibliography
A large format paperback - larger than A4