Two books reviewed by Raymond Tallis, a true expert in the field:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204618704576642991109496396.html?KEYWORDS...

His book to debunk most of the garbage about brain scans and consciousness:

http://www.amazon.com/Aping-Mankind-Neuromania-Darwinitis-Misrepresentation/dp/18446527...

An interview with Tallis:

http://chronicle.com/article/Raymond-Tallis-Takes-Out-the/129279/

The effect of anesthesia; going from conscious to unconscious. Ignore the fact that the author does not know the difference between 'conscious and unconscious' and 'consciousness':

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228402.300-banishing-consciousness-the-mystery-...

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Pigliucci on consciousness. An illusion or real:

http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2011/12/you-dont-really-exist-do-you.html