Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 33-40.

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Scientific study of consciousness: Brief history, present state and some progresses

WANG Yun-jiu   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Brian and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • Online:2015-02-25 Published:2015-04-13

Abstract: It is a long history for study of brain-mind problem. Since the end of last century, a new era has been initiated to investigate consciousness by means of modern science and technology. There are many progresses in scientific study of consciousness. In this paper, two examples of consciousness progresses are represented: out-of-body experience and pattern recognition in visual system.