Psychology of Consciousness: Theory and Practice

Dr. Hashim Talib Hashim is a Researcher and certified international trainer. MBChB in the University of Baghdad / College of Medicine. He has more than 55 papers, many of them were published in international journals. He created the idea of “Postconscious” and “Gene’s communication theory”. He also developed a new treatment technique for infertility with electrical shocks. He has bit portion of his papers in cardiac medicine and surgery. He participated in more than 25 conferences and medical events either nationally and internationally to present his papers and researches. He was awarded many prized for the best paper and best presentation in three competitions. He is also a member of the international global health network that focuses on developing papers in global health related topics. He has his own lab of research in Iraq to work on his ideas and researches. Dr. Athanasios Alexiou has a BSc in Applied Mathematics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 1998, a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics Algorithms and Mathematical Modelling in Biology in 2012, a two-years Postdoc Research Fellowship in Neuroinformatic Applications in 2015 from the Ionian University. Nowadays, he serves as a Faculty Member of the Novel Global Community Education Foundation in Australia. He is also the Head of the Scientific Advisory Board of the AFNP Med Company in Austria. His main research field is Biomedical Informatics and Bioethics, specializing in Medical Decision Support Systems, Neurodegenerative Diseases, and Biomarkers Modelling. He serves as an Associate Editor of the Frontiers Journals Genetics, Pharmacology and Sociology in the Section of ELSI (Ethical-Legal-Social Implications) in Science and Genetics, Guest Associate Editor in the Frontiers Neuroscience and Psychology Journal, Section Editor in the Current Alzheimer Research journal and Associate Editorial Board Member in The Open Public Health Journal; he is author/co-author of several peer-reviewed scientific papers in journals/conferences/books/chapters books/workshops; he had participated in several international funded programs; he serves as a Scientific and Program Committee Member in several conferences and as a Reviewer/Member of the Editorial Board of international journals; he supervises diploma theses and internships' programs mainly in Biomedical Informatics and Neurodegeneration Modelling; he has over 20 years of educational experience in teaching Computer Science Lessons and Theory of Algorithms.

• Ch. 1: Introduction and History of Consciousness.- Ch. 2: Brain and Mind.- Ch. 3: Levels of Consciousness.- Ch. 4: Sleep and Dreaming.- Ch. 5: Artificial Consciousness.- Ch. 6: Hypnosis and Consciousness.- Ch. 7: Defense Mechanisms.- Ch. 8: Altered States of Consciousness.- Ch. 9: Drugs effects on Consciousness.- Ch. 10: Relativity of the human mind.- Ch. 11: Death and Consciousness.