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1. Introduction
2. Science explains many things very well
3. Cosmic background explorer (COBE)
4. The periodic table
5. The tree of life
6. Science can not explain consciousness
7. In lieu of a definition...
8. First vs. third person account
9. The mind-body problem
10. The mantra of the science of consciousness
11. What do we know about consciousness
12. A conceptual distinction
13. Ascending reticular activating system
14. Modern view of the ARAS
15. Pathologies in states of consciousness
16. When does consciousness begin?
17. Consciousness begins with the baby's first cry
18. Consciousness in mammals
19. Consciousness in non human animals
20. Consciousness in insects?
21. What do we not know about consciousness
22. The neuronal correlates of consciousness (NCC)
23. Every conscious percept correlates in the brain
24. The cerebellum is not part of the NCC
25. The retina is not part of the NCC
26. Primary visual cortex
27. Consciousness and planning
28. Visual consciousness and V1 activity relationships
29. Various proposed NCCs
30. Why this matters
31. Many brains inside your head
32. Zombie agents
33. Continuous flash suppression
34. Looking at invisible nudes
35. Processing invisible stimulus
36. Attention and consciousness
37. Recording from neurons in the human MTL (1)
38. Recording from neurons in the human MTL (2)
39. The human medial temporal lobe
40. A patient on Dr. Fried's ward
41. Left posterior hippocampus neuron
42. Right anterior hippocampus neuron (1)
43. Right anterior hippocampus neuron (2)
44. Left anterior hippocampus neuron
45. Entorhinal cortex neuron
46. Amygdala neuron
47. Data from 21 sessions in 8 patients
48. The effect of masking on these neurons
49. The need to move from correlation to causation
50. Summary

Topics Covered

• The mantra of the science of consciousness
• What do we know about consciousness?
• Content of consciousness must be distinguished from states of consciousness
• Ascending reticular activating system
• Pathologies in states of consciousness
• When does consciousness begin?
• Consciousness in non-human animals
• What do we not know about consciousness?
• Neural correlates and consciousness
• Consciousness and planning
• V1 activity
• Attention and consciousness
• The human medial temporal lobe
• The effect of masking on neurons
• The need to move from correlation to causation

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Series:

• Cognitive Neuroscience

Categories:

• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

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Publication History

• Published on September 29, 2010

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Christof Koch has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.