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- Introduction
- Science explains many things very well
- Cosmic background explorer (COBE)
- The periodic table
- The tree of life
- Science can not explain consciousness
- In lieu of a definition...
- First vs. third person account
- The mind-body problem
- The mantra of the science of consciousness
- What do we know about consciousness
- A conceptual distinction
- Ascending reticular activating system
- Modern view of the ARAS
- Pathologies in states of consciousness
- When does consciousness begin?
- Consciousness begins with the baby's first cry
- Consciousness in mammals
- Consciousness in non human animals
- Consciousness in insects?
- What do we not know about consciousness
- The neuronal correlates of consciousness (NCC)
- Every conscious percept correlates in the brain
- The cerebellum is not part of the NCC
- The retina is not part of the NCC
- Primary visual cortex
- Consciousness and planning
- Visual consciousness and V1 activity relationships
- Various proposed NCCs
- Why this matters
- Many brains inside your head
- Zombie agents
- Continuous flash suppression
- Looking at invisible nudes
- Processing invisible stimulus
- Attention and consciousness
- Recording from neurons in the human MTL (1)
- Recording from neurons in the human MTL (2)
- The human medial temporal lobe
- A patient on Dr. Fried's ward
- Left posterior hippocampus neuron
- Right anterior hippocampus neuron (1)
- Right anterior hippocampus neuron (2)
- Left anterior hippocampus neuron
- Entorhinal cortex neuron
- Amygdala neuron
- Data from 21 sessions in 8 patients
- The effect of masking on these neurons
- The need to move from correlation to causation
- 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
Talk Citation
Koch, C. (2010, September 29). The neurobiology of consciousness [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved October 13, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.69645/IEIQ1752.Export Citation (RIS)
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Financial Disclosures
- Prof. Christof Koch has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.