Preface
Part I Brain
Chapter 1 Structure and Function of the Brain
1.1 The Cognitive Unit Hypothesis of Brain Function
1.2 Hypothesis of Hierarchically-associated-neuron-clusters Coding
1.3 The Functional Systems of the Brain and Its Network
1.4 Four Laws of Brain Activation and Interaction
Chapter 2 Sensation and Action
2.1 The Empirical Laws of Information Processing in the Sensory System
2.2 Motion Control and Execution
Chapter 3 Four Functional Systems of the Brain
3.1 Four Functional Systems
3.2 Interactions between Four Functional Systems of the Brain
Part II Mind
Chapter 4 Mental Activities
4.1 Components of Mental Activity
4.2 Interactions between Components of Mental Activity
Chapter 5 Mental Interactions
5.1 Five Types of Mental Interactions
5.2 Characteristics of Mental Interactions
Chapter 6 Unification of Mental Interactions
6.1 The Relationships between Five Mental Interactions
6.2 The Main Points of the Unification of Mental Interactions
Part III Consciousness
Chapter 7 Components of Consciousness
7.1 Four Components of Consciousness
7.2 The Relationships between Components of Consciousness
Chapter 8 On Consciousness, Unconsciousness, and Latent Consciousness
8.1 Theory of Energy State of Brain Area
8.2 Consciousness, Unconsciousness, and Latent Consciousness
8.3 Information Representation in Brain Areas
8.4 The Brain Mechanisms for Consciousness, Unconsciousness, and Latent Consciousness
8.5 The Unity of Consciousness, Unconsciousness, and Latent Consciousness
8.6 The Relationship between Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Chapter 9 Unconscious Activities
9.1 The Dark Energy and the Intrinsic Activity of the Brain
9.2 The Unconscious Activity of the Brain
9.3 May Unconscious Activity Account for the Dark Energy of the Brain?
Chapter 10 A Theoretical Framework of Unconsciousness
10.1 Theory of Consciousness
10.2 Laws of Unconscious Activity
10.3 The Essentials About the Theory of Unconscious Activity
Chapter 11 Emergence of Consciousness
11.1 The Emergence Process of Consciousness
11.2 The Critical Condition for the Emergence of Consciousness
11.3 The Content and Intensity of the Conscious Experience
11.4 The Controlling Effect of Attention
Chapter 12 An Extended Theory of Global Workspace of Consciousness
12.1 The Global Workspace
12.2 The Default Mode Network
12.3 The Division of Labor for Internal-external Information Processing
Part IV Dreaming
Chapter 13 Dream Components
13.1 Main Components of Dreams
13.2 Characteristics of Dreams
Chapter 14 Brain Basis of Dreaming
14.1 Activities of Functional Brain Systems in Dreaming
14.2 Brain Basis of Dream Components
Chapter 15 Dream Consciousness
15.1 Mental Activities in Dreaming
15.2 Brain Activation and Consciousness Emergence in Dreaming
Chapter 16 Process of Dreaming
16.1 Information Processing in the Brain in Dreaming
16.2 Stream of Consciousness in Dreaming
Chapter 17 Memory of Dreams
17.1 Dreams and Long-term Memory
17.2 Short-term Memory and Forgetting of Dreams
Part V Unified Theories of Psychology and Cognition
Chapter 18 Unified Theory of Psychology
18.1 The Framework of Unified Theory of Psychology
18.2 Unification Approach to Psychology
Chapter 19 Unified Theory of Cognition
19.1 The Necessity of a Unified Theory of Cognition
19.2 The Special Unified Theory of Cognition Based on UTP
19.3 The Information Processing and Conscious Activity Model of Cognition
19.4 The General Unified Theory of Cognition Based on UTP
Chapter 20 Integration of Various Approaches in Cognition Research
20.1 Comments on Several Theories of Cognition
20.2 Integration of Several Theories of Cognition
20.3 Integration of Various Approaches to the Research of Cognition
Bibliography
Abbreviation
Index