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Moran Cerf

Professor of Neuroscience and Business · Northwestern University

Evanston, ILWebsite

Research Areas

Computational ModelingConsciousnessNeuroscience

About

Neuroscientist who uses neural decoding techniques to study the neural basis of conscious thought, decision-making, and dreams. His work with implanted electrodes provides unique single-neuron data on conscious content.

Publications

  • On-Line, Voluntary Control of Human Temporal Lobe Neurons (Nature)
  • Predicting Human Choices with Echo State Networks
  • Reading Hidden Intentions in the Human Brain

Related Guides

Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness (HOT)

Rosenthal and Lau's framework proposing consciousness requires higher-order mental representations about our own mental states.

Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR)

Penrose and Hameroff's quantum theory proposing consciousness arises from gravitational self-collapse in neuronal microtubules.

Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC)

The search for the minimal neuronal mechanisms jointly sufficient for any one specific conscious percept.

Idealism in Philosophy of Mind

Bernardo Kastrup's analytical idealism and the philosophical tradition arguing consciousness is fundamental, not matter.

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