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№ KZ7S
Professor of Biological Sciences and Neuroscience · Columbia University
Neuroscientist who co-launched the BRAIN Initiative and develops technologies to map and manipulate neural circuits. His work on neural ensembles is foundational for understanding the brain-basis of consciousness at the circuit level.
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.
