About the Book
Foreword by Mark Solms
Preface
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1
I CONSCIOUSNESS
The Problem of Consciousness
Neurobiology of Consciousness
Models of Consciousness
The Global Workspace Model
The Dynamic Core Model
Epilogue
Conscious Perception
The Embodied Mind
Understanding the Human Brain by Studying Large Scale Networks
Challenges
II CLINICAL VIEW OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Introduction
The Pathophysiology of Reduced Consciousness
The Construction of the Conscious Brain
The Hierarchy of ConsciousnessWhen Consciousness Fades
Anesthesia
Minimally Conscious State
Altered Consciousness in Neurological Disorders
Disconnection and Neglect
Epilepsy
Narcolepsy
Alzheimer's disease
CHAPTER 2
I MEMORY
Introduction
Different Types of Memory
The Dynamics of Memory Traces
The Molecular Biology of Memory
Neurogenesis: Links to Memory and Behavior
II CLINICAL VIEW OF MEMORY
The Memory Machinery
Infantile Amnesia
Mind, Time and Memory
Mind and Time in Childhood and Adolescence
Re-transcription of Memory
Amnesias and Memory Disorders
Transient Global Amnesia
Chronic or Progressive Amnestic Disorders
CHAPTER 3
I EMOTIONS
Evolving Concept of the Limbic System
Emotion and Behavior
Emotional Systems
The Role of the Frontal Lobe
Social Emotion and Social Norm
II THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF
Brain Development and the Self
Psychological and Self - Development
True and False Self
Early Parent - Child Relationship
Parenthood
Early Relationship Disorders
CHAPTER 4
I LANGUAGE
The Evolutionary Origin of Language
The Classical Language Regions
The Language Network
The Neural Basis of Speech Perception and Language
Language Learning Disorders
II COMMUNICATION
Introduction
Gestural Communication
Social Interactions or Proto-Conversations
Speech and Language
III MUSIC
Introduction
Music and the Brain
Music in Early Human Development
The Emotional Power of Music
CHAPTER 5
STRESS AND TRAUMA
Stress and the Brain
Neurobiological Responses to Stress
Stress and Mental Disor
ders
New Avenues for Treatment
Psychic Trauma
Concepts
Psychic Trauma in Children
Psychobiological Aspects
Psychodynamic Aspects
Symptoms and Phases of Psychic Trauma
Familial Aspects
Post-Traumatic Consequences
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
Risk for Psychic Traumatization
Children of Mentally or Somatically Ill Parents
Psychotherapeutic Interventions
Adoption
CHAPTER 6
I PAIN AND MIND-BODY
Introduction
Pain Mechanisms and Functions
The Affective Pain System
Notes on Chronic Pain
II SOMATIZATION - PSYCHOSOMATICS
The Mind - Body Dilemma
Psychosomatics
Speaking Body, Speechless Mind
Somatization in Children and Ado
About the Author:
Andreas Steck
Professor of Neurology
University of Basel
Switzerland
Barbara Steck
Lecturer of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
University of Basel
Switzerland
