1. Astrocytes and brain metabolism
Allaman I., Belanger M. & Magistretti P.J. (2011). Astrocyte-neuron metabolic relationships: For better and for worse. Trends in Neuroscience, 34(2), 76-87.
Fields R.D. (2009). The other brain. Simon and Schuster.
Jourdain P., Bergensen L.H., Bhaukaurally K., Bezzi P., Santello M., Domercq M. …. & Volterra A. (2007). Glutamate exocytosis from astrocytes controls synaptic strength. Nature. Neuroscience, 10(3), 331-339.
Koob A. (2009). The root of thought. Unlocking glia. Pearson Education.
2. Time, space and antimatter
Greene B. (2004). The fabric of the cosmos. Space. Time. And the texture of the reality. Vintage Books.
Kaku M. (1994). Hyperspace. A scientific odyssey through parallel universes, time wraps and the tenth dimension. Oxford University Press.
Prigogine I. i Stengers I. (1997). The end of certainty: time, choas, and the new laws of nature. The Free Press.
Wilczek F. i Devine B. (1987). Longing for the harmonies. Penguin Books.
3. Determinism, reductionism and complexity theory
Mainzer K. (2003). Thinking in complexity. Springer-Verlag.
Popper K. R. (1988). The open universe: an argument for indeterminism. Routledge.
4. Embodied mind
Damasio A.R. (1994). Descarte’s error: Emotion, reason, and the human brain. Penguin Putnam.
Damasio A. R. (1999). The feeling of what happens. Body and emotion in the making of consciousness. Harcourt Inc.
Edelman G. M. (1992). Bright air, brilliant fire. On the matter of the mind. Basic Books.
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5. The attempt to explain consciousness by quantum physics
Penrose R. (1997). The large, the small and the human mind. Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge.
