Does consciousness come in degrees? Public lecture by Andrew Lee.
While philosophers have investigated the topic of consciousness for hundreds of years, empirical research has only been a focus for the last decades. But in this time, what have we really learned about our internal experience of the world?
Many researchers believe it’s only a matter of time before we make an artificial intelligence that is smarter than humans in all areas. Most famous of these is Ray Kurzweil who predicts this will happen before the year 2050. But will this intelligence be conscious? What are the implications if it is or not?
We are happy to congratulate Sir Roger Penrose, University of Oxford, for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2020/press-release/ The diploma and medal are presented to Roger Penrose today, 8…
What is consciousness? What do we mean when we say that someone or something is conscious? And what does this mean for neuroscience? There is nothing more familiar to us…
UPDATE: THIS EVENT IS CURRENTLY CANCELED DUE TO CORONA. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE THE EVENT IN THE AUTUMN SEMESTER IF CONDITIONS ALLOW. The deep relation between human consciousness and moral…
Integrated Information Theory: What is it, how did it emerge, and how can we use it? After decades of progress in cognitive neuroscience consciousness is still eluding understanding. Are scientific…
Public lecture: «Single neuron studies of memories and volitions in the human brain» – by Professor Itzhak Fried. *** Forum for Consciousness Research and The Norwegian Science Academy invites to…
Abstract The last decade has witnessed an explosion of research employing recording of electrical activity directly from the human brain. Intracranial recording provides a powerful window into the neural basis…
The resting brain, including the mind wandering that it produces, has been argued to play an important role in creating conscious experience. Its role in meditation varies: Concentrative meditation seeks…