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    The future of the mind : the scientific quest to understand, enhance, and empower the mind / Michio Kaku.

    By: Kaku, Michio [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Anchor Books, a division of Random House LLC, 2015Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First Anchor books editionDescription: xviii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307473349; 0307473341Other title: Scientific quest to understand, enhance, and empower the mindSubject(s): Neuropsychology | Mind and body -- Research | Brain -- Mathematical models | Cognitive neuroscience | Brain-computer interfaces | Mental Processes -- physiology | Psychophysiology -- methods | Neuropsychology -- methods | Brain -- physiology | Brain-Computer InterfacesAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Future of the mind.DDC classification: 612.8 LOC classification: QP360 | .K325 2015
    Contents:
    Book I. The mind and consciousness. Unlocking the mind -- Consciousness : a physicist's viewpoint -- Book II. Mind over matter. Telepathy : a penny for your thoughts -- Telekinesis : mind controlling matter -- Memories and thoughts made to order -- Einstein's brain and enhancing our intelligence -- Book III. Altered consciousness. In your dreams -- Can the mind be controlled? -- Altered states of consciousness -- The artificial mind and silicon consciousness -- Reverse engineering the brain -- The future : mind beyond matter -- The mind as pure energy -- The alien mind -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix: Quantum consciousness?
    Summary: "In this extraordinary, often mind-boggling exploration of the frontiers of neuroscience, Dr. Kaku looks toward the day when we may achieve the ability to upload the human brain to a computer, neuron for neuron; project thoughts and emotions around the world on a brain-net; take a "smart pill" to enhance cognition; send our consciousness across the universe; and push the very limits of immortality"--Back cover.
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-356) and index.

    Book I. The mind and consciousness. Unlocking the mind -- Consciousness : a physicist's viewpoint -- Book II. Mind over matter. Telepathy : a penny for your thoughts -- Telekinesis : mind controlling matter -- Memories and thoughts made to order -- Einstein's brain and enhancing our intelligence -- Book III. Altered consciousness. In your dreams -- Can the mind be controlled? -- Altered states of consciousness -- The artificial mind and silicon consciousness -- Reverse engineering the brain -- The future : mind beyond matter -- The mind as pure energy -- The alien mind -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix: Quantum consciousness?

    "In this extraordinary, often mind-boggling exploration of the frontiers of neuroscience, Dr. Kaku looks toward the day when we may achieve the ability to upload the human brain to a computer, neuron for neuron; project thoughts and emotions around the world on a brain-net; take a "smart pill" to enhance cognition; send our consciousness across the universe; and push the very limits of immortality"--Back cover.

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